I think I’m spreading myself too thin.

The job at HP is going great. I’m very comfortable with my role and I really like everyone on my team. It’s been more time consuming than I had originally anticipated, but the more familiar I am with the job, the better I’ll be able to manage my time in the future. I’m probably averaging about 35 hours a week at the moment and I’d really like to get that down to about 25-30. I was just recently approved to have remote access to the company’s server so I’ll hopefully be working more from home and only going into the office two or three days a week. I know the ladies at home will appreciate that.

Anyway, in addition to my job at HP, I’ve somehow been managing to keep my hand in the old acting game. Just this past week I did some voices for two different cartoons, recorded an ad for Movistar, and acted in three different children’s theatre plays. I wish I could say that all this craziness is behind me, but it looks like it’s just the beginning! Before the end of March arrives, I’ll be working on two more cartoon series, performing in tons more children’s theatre, recording voice-overs for a few corporate videos for HP, and directing more episodes of Little King Macius – all the while trying to keep up with my work at HP and then get home in time to see Emily before she goes to bed at 10pm (which I don’t always accomplish). I’ve become a master of juggling three balls at once, but I’ve never learned how to juggle seven!

I know I should probably turn down some of this acting work when it pops up, but I’m finding that rather difficult. The children’s theatre is a commitment I made at the beginning of the year (which I can’t get out of) and I really enjoy working on the cartoons. What’s a boy to do? I did manage to say no to DrimTim when they called me last week to revise my role as Dialog Coach on their next film, but that was a no-brainer – it would have been physically impossible to work a film’s 12-hour day and still hope to keep my job at HP! Well, I guess I could always take my laptop with me on set and then… AGH!!

I say that this should all calm down by the end of March. This is because I should have completed by then two of the major cartoon series and the bulk of the children’s theatre. That is, of course, the same time that rehearsals will be in full swing for the next play that I am planning on directing. What’s wrong with me?!