6th Day, No Shenanigans

Left Rebecca at home snoozing this Saturday while I got up, got dressed and headed into work. Yup, it was a Saturday but the vibes were pretty calm. Everyone made their peace with 6th day and just cracked on, a small wage uplift never hurt either. The tiredness only hit me after lunch, while at my desk I could feel myself fighting the urge to nod off. Mostly we were getting our duck in a row for the marketing shoot on Monday, a call sheet was provided by the publicity company but it was a bit of a mess so the last 20 minutes of my day were spent improving it with actual information, formatting and readability. I'll get a chance to rest up tomorrow now, enjoy some time to myself and decompress where I can. 

Microsoft Outage

The Great Microsoft outage was a weird one to process. Without email or supporting apps, a group of us all marveled at the erasure of our shackles to our inboxes. It was like a digital snow day. But with every minute of jubilation, we knew we'd get two in pain of catching up to do. And indeed we found ourselves scrambling to get through our allotted work at the end of the day, even when the unit went into overtime. As a bonus, some of us will have to come into work on a Saturday tomorrow for an extra day of filming, I'm in that group which I don't mind so much, I guess it'll give us ample time to sort out all the gubbins we missed during the offline hours of the morning... What a blissful period that was.

Pooey Coffee

Didn't think my day would take me into drinking hilariously decadent coffee before 10am, but here we are. A coworker brought back from South America some of that coffee made from civits poo. Once upon a time it was considered a delicacy, but in reality it just tasted slightly earthier than usual. I'm still shaking my head in disbelief slightly as I think about it. The rest of the day was incredibly run of the mill, mostly still getting wrap gifts and presents over the line, but by the end of tomorrow I think we'll be sitting pretty. We're fast approaching the halfway point of the shoot which is crazy, I keep remembering all the wrap paperwork to do and telling myself 'tomorrow'. Pretty quick I'm going to run out of those.

Wrapping Up the Wrap Gifts

Juggled a van repair, wrap party venues and wrap gifts all via phone calls, emails in good, old fashioned in-person nagging. While the wrap gift I pitched hardest for wasn't selected, the runner up is fine and honestly, the cut isn't that deep. In between all of this I kept returning to the realisation that Rivals hits the telly again as of today. It was the first thing we watched this evening too and I was once again blown away by how well executed and acted everything was. So excited to see how the rest of it pans out now.

Working Flow State

Back on the truck to sit in with the hive mind of the people that make the magic happen. We achieved a collective flow state at one point where each of us were asking questions, getting answers, making plans and coordinating over the phone. When I got into this industry properly I also started watching The West Wing and for me, that connotation hasn't left my mind. Just good people doing good work and getting things done. It's a pleasure to work days like this and being part of something greater.

Coffee #1 Chum

Thebday kinda ran away from under my feet a bit today, mostly because I was thinking about going to the pub tonight. A Coffee #1 coworker had their birthday today so I sent them a little message and I got invited to have a few drinks with them. It had been about 18 months since I last saw them (they had a baby to look after in fairness) so it was really lovely to reconnect. They always keep food company too so I found myself chatting with just about everyone. We left on a really positive note hoping to see eachother again soon, mulled wine beckons in December... 

Book Club Scramble

Still on the Zelda hype train for most of the morning. While I'm taking my time to try and maximise my enjoyment, it's still going by quickly. In a bid to prolong things I decided to start reading my book club book... Just over 24 hours before we're due to discuss it. I'm actually already halfway through now so I've done quite well, might have to sneak a few pages in tomorrow morning too. 

Rebecca and I went out to Portishead to spend some time playing board games with some chums in the afternoon. Betrayal at House on the Hill is one of those brilliant concept, shakey execution type of games that I often have soft spots for. Our group had to muscle through a half dozen rule interpretations which really put the handbrake on the fun factor, but the good stuff made it a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.