So Very Thirsty

Watched the sunrise on my drive into work. Right now, my portable office is set up right on Bristol's harbourside, every now and then I see unit vehicles for film and TV parked there and it's crazy to think that now I'm inside one of them! The rain dampened my mood only a little and only served to make my work load a bit busier. Had to deal with one or two stressy folks too, but my calm demeanor seemed to put them at ease.

I was very much looking forward to walking home tonight after work, but then I got a call from Rebecca to tell me the water was no longer working in our house -  a burst pipe knocked out most of the post code. Luckily, I had a water-dispenser canister in my car which Mark, very generously, allowed us to have in a worst case scenario. So, I drove back with the heavy, heavy water and because I had so much, I thought I'd even offer it to the neighbours. Neither accepted my generous offer, and the water came back on a hour later. Hopefully there'll be no drama's tomorrow evening so I can finally fulfill me 'walking to set' wish.

Another Alumni

Crept out of bed for another early morning. I arrived at our unit base while the breakfast truck was still teeming with goodies, so in spite of having cereal before arrive, I dipped in for a second breakfast. It'd be rude not to!

Got chatting with a new team member today, I was under the impression they'd recently graduated from uni so I asked them where they studied. As chance would have it, they were also Bournemouth TV Production alumni! We bonded massively over old lecturers and our grad projects, such a small world.

Bake off has started up again so Louis and Rachel swung by with some cookies so we could indulge while watching. First time christing our TV licence too, looking forward to enjoying the next few Tuesdays with those guys too.

Key Conundrum

Had a mini panic attack after I got up this morning since I couldn't find my keys anywhere. I was chucking stuff out my bag, running down the street to see if I left then inside my car, golly I was a state. In the ruckus, Rebecca work up and pointed them out immediately, they were right where I left them. Felt like a melon, but I was relived nonetheless, got to work just in time for a pain au choc and a meat free full English breakfast.

Filming went slow today, so slow that we didn't actually finish on schedule so we're hanging back for a day at our current location. Shame, the next place is so close to my house I can actually walk to set - something that's never happened before!

Sunday Stout

More Mario this morning, this time I graduated to Super Mario Galaxy. Playing this remastered Mario collection has been a warm nostalgia trip for me, I can so vividly remember my headspace while playing every single one of these games, I can trace back my school year and the houses I played them in too. Its like digging up a time capsule and looking at a museum of myself, all I can do is wistfully smile at who I used to be.

Rebecca and I took a stroll down to our favourite Sunday market and to my old cafe for a coffee and a chat. Funnily enough, the moment we got home another old colleague messagemessaged me inviting us to the pub this, so we whiled away the lazy hours of this Sunday afternoon with a pint of stout in hand. Never met up with this colleague outside of a work function before and we already agreed to do it again sometime.

Back to 2002

Got to relive my long-gone Saturday mornings as a 9 year old by replaying Super Mario Sunshine. I mercilessly recounted my childhood experience of working through the game to a very nonplussed, yet patient Rebecca. We poked our head up into our attic for the second ever time and loaded it up with our Christmas tree and some other forgettables - I didn't want to climb in because of the potential spider risk, but it's good to know our loft can hold a few extra bits for us.

Felt right to watch a movie this evening and My Cousin Vinny beckoned from its DVD case. I'd not seen the film fully since I was way younger and it's remained a total delight to watch. Rebecca's Dad is a big fan too and he's been trying to get her to watch it for donkey's years, she appreciated Marisa Tomei's sass (how couldn't you) and it won our hearts before the credits rolled. 

Petty Cash and Pretty Cake

Aside from booking a very last minute courier from London this morning, my day was remarkably uneventful. That meant I could at long last crack on with all my expenses claims and this lengthy photoshop project I'm working on. I just kept myself to myself mostly and got a lot done, a good way to end on a Friday! Plus the catering truck had plenty of cake available today, and since I've made it my mission to be chummy with the caterers, they even cracked out a whole new Victoria Sponge for me and some of the other Production team - it pays to be friendly in this industry!

Taxi... Please!

Late start for the filming today so that meant I could chill out with Rebecca and catch up on the first episode of Bake Off before work, it was so nice I almost forgot I had a full day of work ahead of me... and what a day that was! For the most part, things went pretty smoothly until the final hour of the day when I was asked to book taxis for a handful of people. Though many of the cars arrived no problem, many of my cabs just decided to cancel our booking halfway into our already lengthy wait times. We even had to call upon our crummy back-up taxi service just to compensate. Thankfully everyone got home safe and sound, just resulted in a stressful hour at the days end - a stark contrast to this morning's vibes.