🌿 Life Update: Somehow It’s Already Almost June?!
- DCW
- May 29
- 7 min read
It has been a long while since we sat down and did a proper blog post and honestly… can you believe we are already nearing the end of May?! Every year people say “time flies” and every year we roll our eyes a little bit, but this year? Yeah. This is exactly what they mean.
We blinked and somehow January got into a fistfight with February, March disappeared entirely, and now summer is basically standing outside our front door holding a margarita.
It’s been since January since we last gave a real update and to say life has been hitting us hard would honestly be the understatement of the year. But somehow between the chaos, stress, baking flour permanently coating our kitchen counters, dog adventures, career pivots, and late night talks about the future, we are still standing. Maybe slightly more tired. Maybe slightly more feral. But standing nonetheless.
🌈 Out at the Fair & New Chapters
Will has been working nonstop helping transition Out at the Fair to another production company that can continue carrying the same energy, entertainment, and community focus that made it so special to us in the first place. It has honestly been emotional watching this next chapter unfold because Out at the Fair was never just “an event” to us. It was community. It was chosen family. It was years of memories, stress, laughter, production disasters, glitter somehow ending up in places glitter should never exist, and seeing people feel safe and celebrated.
While we still fully plan on transitioning to the Hawai’i islands in the future, making sure Out at the Fair continues in good hands has been incredibly important to us. Thankfully our supporting fairs have continued showing up and helping keep it alive, and we genuinely could not be more grateful for the support. Watching people continue believing in something you built during uncertain seasons of life hits differently.
Some days the future feels crystal clear. Other days it feels like three people staring at Zillow listings while stress eating chips and salsa at 11 PM. Both things can be true.
🍞 Daniel’s Unexpected Sourdough Era
Daniel officially got laid off in February after spending almost 20 years with one company which, if we are being honest, felt surreal. There is something very strange about waking up one day and realizing an entire chapter of your life quietly closed behind you.
At first it felt scary. Then weirdly freeing. Then scary again. Then freeing again. Which honestly feels like the most accurate description of adulthood in general.
Somewhere in the middle of all of this, Daniel accidentally transformed into a full blown sourdough mom.
There are starters in the kitchen. Flour on every available surface. Loaves proofing at random hours. Discussions about hydration percentages that nobody asked for. At one point we genuinely had to move things around in the fridge because apparently sourdough starter now has seniority in this household.
Outside of baking, Daniel has also been working toward becoming a certified Reiki Master, spending more time outside, reconnecting with nature, taking long walks, soul searching, and trying to figure out where this next career pivot leads. It has been one of those seasons where life slows you down whether you planned for it or not, and while it has definitely come with stress, it has also brought a weird amount of clarity too.
Sometimes healing looks very spiritual and profound. Sometimes it looks like aggressively gardening while listening to Eminem.
🍪 C Dawg’s Snack Shack Has Entered the Chat
Meanwhile Caleb continues being our resident “corporate man” by day while simultaneously building C Dawg’s Snack Shack into a real functioning business by night and weekends.
And let us tell you… our oven is exhausted.
The business is officially live, county approved, and somehow our house constantly smells like a bakery now. There have been corporate office orders, school orders, personal orders, and enough cookie trays moving through this kitchen to make us question if we accidentally opened a hidden underground dessert operation.
The cookies though? Ridiculously good. Like “accidentally eat four while standing in the kitchen talking” good.
There is something really cool about watching an idea go from casual conversations to an actual business people support. We are so proud of Caleb for pushing through the stress and making it happen, even if it means our dishwasher is now fighting for its life daily.
At this rate we are probably going to need a second oven & dishwasher before the end of the year.
🎙️ Podcast Chaos Every Friday
Our podcast "A Little Throuple Tea" are still going strong and episodes continue dropping every Friday which honestly still surprises us considering half the time we sit down without fully knowing where the conversation is about to go.
No topic is really off the table at this point.
Between the random debates, emotional conversations, dad jokes, life updates, occasional fireball shots, and moments where one of us says something so out of pocket that the other two physically stop and stare, it has become this weird beautiful chaotic little thing we genuinely love creating together.
Some episodes get deep. Some completely derail. Some start serious and somehow end with discussions about Taco Bell, aliens, or whether our ex girlfriends knew about us being gay.
Thank you to everyone who listens, messages us, comments, shares clips, or tells us they listen during work commutes or while cleaning the house. It still means the world to us that people choose to spend part of their week hanging out with our chaos.
🏜️ Death Valley, EV Anxiety & Caleb’s “Not Birthday” Trip
Back in April we decided to test our bravery and took the EV out to Death Valley which somehow became both a peaceful spiritual desert trip and a very intense charger scavenger hunt at the same time.
The entire drive felt like a trust exercise between us and modern technology.
This was our first real long distance EV trip so there was a lot of researching chargers, mapping routes, checking battery percentages every twenty minutes, and saying things like “Okay but realistically how stranded could we get?”
Thankfully our hotel had free charging every night which honestly felt like finding an oasis in the desert.
Death Valley itself though? Absolutely stunning.
Pictures genuinely do not capture how surreal it feels standing out there surrounded by salt flats that look like snow, giant quiet landscapes, mountains layered in colors that almost look fake, and the kind of silence that makes your brain finally calm down for a minute.
There is something about the desert that humbles you very quickly. It makes your problems feel smaller in the best way possible.
Also, Caleb kept insisting this was “not for his birthday” while simultaneously getting birthday trip energy the entire time. Two things can absolutely be true at once.
🐾 Rigsby, Zoey & Hiking Adventures
Both Rigsby and Zoey have absolutely loved Daniel being off work and honestly the dogs are thriving in their “everyone is together all the time” era.
Will and Daniel have been taking them on more day hikes lately and watching Rigsby continue recovering has been emotional in the best possible way.
For those who have followed his recovery journey, he is about 99% recovered now and seeing him hike again after surgery honestly feels like watching a miracle happen in slow motion.
Recently we took both dogs out to Mt. Laguna and it ended up being the longest hike Rigsby has done since surgery. We kept waiting for him to slow down and meanwhile he was basically operating like an overcaffeinated park ranger.
We are still careful with his limits because he can get a little stiff afterward and still wears socks on concrete so his nails do not drag too much, but seeing his energy back has made every difficult moment worth it.
Meanwhile Zoey continues being both adorable and deeply dramatic.
The dogs saw horses for the first time recently while hiking and Zoey got so scared that she literally shit on Daniel.
Not near Daniel.
Not beside Daniel.
On Daniel.
Honestly there is no amount of dignity that survives moments like that.
🌽 Garden Chaos & Pumpkin Takeover
Our garden this year is absolutely INSANE.
The corn in the front yard is over 9 feet tall and at this point honestly feels less like gardening and more like accidentally starting a small agricultural operation.
The artichokes decided seasonal expectations do not apply to them and are producing anyway. The pumpkins have completely taken over sections of the yard with vines stretching everywhere like they are actively plotting against us. And our cherry tomato bush is producing more tomatoes than three humans could reasonably consume.
We have been making homemade pasta sauce just trying to keep up with them.
Every time we walk outside there is something new growing, blooming, climbing, or taking over. It has been chaotic but weirdly healing too. There is something grounding about tending to plants while life feels uncertain in other areas.
Plus honestly, watering the garden with the dogs running around and the chickens making noise in the background feels dangerously close to the peaceful future we keep dreaming about.
🎂 Will’s Birthday Weekend & Late Night Taco Bell Philosophy
Lastly, we just celebrated Will’s birthday!
It ended up being a pretty chill weekend honestly and exactly the kind of celebration we all needed. We went out to dinner, ended up at Pounders, danced, made out on the dance floor like teenagers who forgot they have lower back pain now, walked home, and naturally finished the night eating Taco Bell.
Because somehow after drinks, a chalupa always sounds life changing.
There is something weirdly comforting about those nights though. Nothing fancy. Nothing overplanned. Just being together, laughing, stumbling home slightly buzzed, and soaking in the fact that after everything life has thrown at us lately, we still genuinely enjoy each other’s company.
That feels important.
🏳️🌈 Looking Ahead To Pride Month
Now Pride Month is right around the corner and we have been working hard behind the scenes putting finishing touches on our second book, Tres Amigos, Una Vida.
This second book grabs at the heartstrings in a much deeper way and honestly leaves readers questioning where Juan, Michael, and Christopher go from here. Without spoiling too much, the ending leaves things emotionally complicated in a way we actually really love.
We cannot wait for everyone to read it once it officially drops.
There are still so many dreams we are chasing, even during uncertain seasons. Maybe especially during uncertain seasons.
❤️ Wrapping Up This Life Update
As we move into June, we just want to say thank you.
Thank you for supporting us, following along, listening to the podcasts, reading our chaos online, messaging us, sharing your stories with us, and even stopping us in public just to say hi.
Sometimes this life feels very messy and uncertain behind the scenes, but having such an amazing community around us genuinely makes it all feel lighter.
We are excited for what comes next, even if we are still figuring parts of it out as we go. And honestly? That is probably what life is supposed to look like anyway.
With love, DCW.
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