Under Everything

Everyone at work had a thousand yard stare. I'm just a daily and I still felt the second-hand exhaustion of it all. Personally I was a little under slept and undernourished. The milk in our fridge curdled and I didn't find out until I poured it all over my precious Fruit & Fibre. Even now I'm back home enjoyingy evening I just feel like the husk of a person. A proper night's sleep will set things right, and right now that sounds better than a paid holiday.

Healthy Competitive Streak

The social weekend continues. I got a chance to rest up after last night's exploits, which put me in good stead for a a pair of back to back board game sessions. We met up with Mark and Lucy for a BBQ and board games lunch, as we packed down the last game Rebecca and I whizzed across Bristol to head to a new friend's house for dinner and more games. Both old and new chums today basically, all united by a healthy competitive streak and a love of games.

Delicious Sweat

In spite of getting 8 hours sleep, I still woke up groggy. And in my living room. We're still down there in the heat wave and it still caught me off guard when I woke up. Rebecca felt identical to me, headachey and in a stupour. So we both took it super slow, careful not to overexert ourselves in the heat. I had a long Birthday blowout party to go to later and I wasn't in any state to head out without a midday nap.

15 minutes later I was a whole now man. I was then at the pub have chats, on a boat having pints, watching England play in the world cup, then onto a bar for a final bout of drinks and dance. About 5 years ago as the mist of COVID was starting to lift I remember going out to dance with some crew, one of them was especially eager for a real session. "I just want to taste somebody else's sweat in my mouth". That was the line that always stuck with me - a true measure of how hard you're looking to go. I daresay a few innocent bystanders may have gotten a few droplets on their tongue.

Base Runner

Did more of my thing on set today. Wrangling ice and all other manners of things that land in my lap. We all thought the heatwave would be subsiding but we were still in for a warm one but we just about got through it all. I inadvertently ended up doing a spot of Base Running this afternoon. I stood by for cast, put them in the chair and grabbed lunch orders - all in a day's work for little old me. 

Sleeping Downstairs

 Got into work early to get a handle on the shoot day, wrangling ice and waters at every turn. The temperature in my car just climbed up and up and up. Good thing I was sat in it all day, slowly cooking myself.

Rebecca and I moved the mattresses downstairs this evening so we could sleep in the comparitivly cool living room. I slept so badly recently that I'm about ready to drift away. 

The Ice Man Cometh

Back on a Production truck, sorting out problems and making dreams come true. For the most part I was sourcing ice for the crew, money is apparently super tight so the gold prize is getting ice for free from local venues. A bowling alley obliged us for a Google review, but after that it was tough pickings. When I got home I batch made iced tea for myself and Rebecca - I sampled the tester and ended up drinking all of it. Now we got three liters of the stuff! 

At the tail of of the day we caught wind that our local board game place was hosting an impromptu evening, mostly to flaunt their new air conditioning. Like lizards who just wanted off their hot rocks, we made the pilgrimage up the road to enjoy feeling a normal temperature for a couple of hours. 

Ice for Days

Just been batch making ice cubes for most of the day, hording them like a squirrel. Every 4 hours, cubes come out the tray, into a box, tray refilled, rinse and repeat. Got enough for doomsday now, also known as tomorrow.

Only twice in my life now have I seen a Red Weather warning for heat, and of course it's those two days where I'm going to be driving around in a car without air conditioning. I'll be careful mind, plenty of water etc, but it's just a sorry state of affairs we find ourselves in. Just before bed tonight I played some online games with Louis while I sat in the hottest room of the house. I kid you not, the heat started to get to my computer, causing all sorts of problems. Guess I'll just back off for a couple of days.

I'm back on a job for just over a week now, parachuting as a covering member of the Production team. It ain't glamorous, but it pays the bills.