Job Title: Juggler

As soon as I put my bag down, the morning workload didn't let up. Between new starters, coffee runs, furniture shifting and petty cash reconciliation I was asked to source a juggling instructor for one of our cast members. It's important to note here that in spite of all the random things that were thrown by way, I hit all my marks. The juggling guy I found turned out to be perfect for the job and all the other smaller jobs were met with a lot of appreciation. My list of responsibilities keeps growing with every week, just a little longer until another assistant starts to lighten the load.

Grub and Games

Fought my way through the hoards of people in the supermarket who were shopping in the exact manner to cause me the most inconvenience. I legitimately wondered if it was a full moon tonight because that was the only logical explanation why people were hovering in front of every item in my shopping list. I didn't get too grumpy though because the rest of the day was dedicated to taking a load off. Louis and Rachel popped round in the evening for some grub and games. They briefly mentioned that they played some old Streets of Rage so Rebecca and I put a controller in their hands so they could experience the 4th game that came out only a few years ago. We had a slamming good time in the chaos of four player bedlam but we laughed all the way through. 

I kept forgetting it was Monday today. Nice to know we only have a 4 day week ahead of us, but I'm already mulling over all the little jobs I need to do tomorrow.

Richmond Pancakes

Totally lost track of time without an alarm to regiment my sleep time. Rebecca was already dressed with a belly full of breakfast and coffee before I had even opened my eyes, and honestly, I could have slept even longer. But there was friends to meet and brunch to consume! A bus ride to Richmond took us to Bills to meetup with Matt and Ben for pancakes and my first iced coffee of the year. They can't make it to our Eurovision party next weekend so we caught up with them today instead, exchanging stories about TV we've seen and how our individual filming jobs are shaping up. Time goes so fast when you're having fun though and before I knew it I was in the driver's seat taking Rebecca a d myself back to Bristol, navigating the various motorway closures all the while. Very glad I got the bank holiday off tomorrow as well, I got big plans to catch up on all the nothing I didn't get a chance to do earlier.

Nodding Off Nodding Along

 Taylor Swift accompanied us on our drive to London. For a mega fan, Rebecca was appropriately critical of Taylor's latest album, which we listened to in it's entirety along the motorway. I just wanted to sleep because the cat was being more than. A little cheeky this morning by waking us both up before sun up. I had a nice day in London with Rebecca's parents but every now and then I found myself nodding off. I'm doing it right now!

3 Day ASAP

It feels like everyone kinda forgot it was a three day weekend coming up... Until about midday that is. A sleepy morning turned into a 'gotta get it done ASAP because we lose a day!' afternoon that none of us were mentally prepared for. I had to take my laptop into the kitchen so I could write emails while the kettle was boiling at one point. Still, we got it all done as usual but we were showered with praise as we started packing up. Everyone was in a good mood so I left the office with a renewed sense of peace with the world. I'm gonna sleep so much tonight and decompress all the way down.

Return to NQ64

Business as usual in the office, as per usual I quietly watched in awe as my team swiftly dealt with curveballs and tall orders. I will alway be proud of my time with those guys and sit amidst so much a capable and fun-loving group. At the work social later on this evening everyone begun lamenting me leaving and saying we should have a big thing for me moving on up to Script Supervising. It'll be my 'funeral' since I'll be dead to them shortly but no doubt we'll have a hoot arranging that one. 

Our social night was at NQ64, the gamer bar with arcade machines aplenty. I flexed my guitar hero skills and only just managed to beat our line producer at Mario Kart (clearly I need more practice) but the whole thing was a lot of fun. We spend so long shackeled to our desks it's lovely to see people outside of work just being themselves.

Pancake Flat

My tire pressure light came on and I decided to ignore it. There was a bit of chunking coming from the rear of my vehicle, but my Producer needed a lift and I didn't have time to check it out. Once I pulled back to the office my tire was flat as a pancake. Yikes.

It didn't matter too much though, my afternoon was occupied with a catering meeting where we attempted to reinvent the wheel. There's a big push for sustainability here and we're doing everything we can to accommodate that before we hit a point where crew start getting irritated. All our intentions are pure, now we just have to see if everything works in practice. I worked a little late tonight so I really cherished those few hours tonight with Rebecca and later Mark and Dan playing games, when you have something to look forward to after a long day, that's the best feeling.