49 Bagettes

Arrived at work early to do the finishing set-up touches for our big production meeting. Laid out all the pastries, coffee and biscuits and set the guys up on a Zoom call which, in my mind, would last ni less than 4 hours. I then headed out to buy lunches for the meeting, plus food for costume and makeup (not going to lie, they took the Micky a bit with their orders.) After wasting an hour and forty minutes to food shopping I returned with a mountain of bagettes all ready to appear at the meeting. Once I got back though, the meeting room was empty, and had been for nearly two hours apparently. I was so put out, literally my entire week revolved around getting this meeting in place and everyone just decided it was a waste of time. Luckily all my food got eaten, but it still felt like a slap in the face.

Passing Comments

My new jumper came out in full force today and amassed plenty of positive comments. Even the 1st AD gave me unprompted compliment that made me smile. Those good vibes carried me through the gargantuan lunch order and supermarket snack run I was requested to buy. A higher up member of the team took notice of all the food I was buying and said exactly what I was thinking: 'I think some fully grown adults can live without this many snacks'. I couldn't agree more, but sadly, I just do as I'm told.

Nice Weather for Me

Rain got everyone down today, 'cept for me. Rebecca and I have an in-joke that I'm a duck because I love bread and the rain. When it begun chucking it down I gained a second wind in the afternoon and looked forward to driving to the supermarket. At least that was more enjoyable than the limp office vibes today. I was feeling a little morose about it towards the end of the day, then I bumped into some chaps from Art Department and I ended up having a really lovely chat with them. Shortly after I caught up with the gang I shared the Production Truck with and had a laugh too. I think it's just my department that are a little lifeless, can't all be winners I know, but I just want to be able to put my finger on why I'm not clicking with one or two of them as I should be.

Foodie Demands

 Another familiar face joined the Sanditon family today. A Floor Runner I worked with on The Last Bus got a haircut and joined us in prep. Seeing his face was the warmth I needed to push through the day. We had a mini production meeting which needed a lot of extra prep work this morning, somehow it all landed on my shoulders to do this leg work. Everytime I started working in it though, I was dragged away but the most mundane requests. We need more milk because someone just knicked out full bottle, I can't eat my pitta bread because there's no plates left, I don't want salmon I want a cheese toastie. Again, notice how all the requests are food related. Would the entire group of people just strave without me? Heaven forbid I leave someone hungry because they needed a plate to eat a pitta off of. We're meant to be a group of resourceful and adaptable people, not proud housecats.

Nomadland

Getting to bed at 4am the night before means I got a great big lie in this morning. Rebecca had been up, eaten breakfast and watched an episode of something all while I slumbered deeply. Once I was up though, the day quickly got into full swing. We did the second and third coats of paint in our kitchen - the results are tremendously pleasing and makes the room look so much lighter! To reward ourselves (and because we didn't want to use the kitchen) we got Korean fried chicken for takeout and watched Nomadland. If there was ever an easier film for the academy to issue and Oscar to I'd like to see it. Effortlessly good direction and gorgeously photographed landscapes made it a joy to watch. During long stretches of the film I noticed I became totally enraptured in its world and people. A solid film that easily gets my recommendation.

Paint in my Hair

Missing today: paint the kitchen. Rebecca and I have been silently dreading this one as our cooking space is full of nooks and crannies that are aalmost impossible to push a paintbrush into. Perseverance was key and eventually we got the first few coats done with only minimal paint spatter on my coffee equipment. Part 2 is tomorrow's job, afterwards we can bask in the glory of a beautifully painted kitchen.

Since the pandemic I've been sorely missing board game nights with groups of friends. We did a few over Zoom back in the day, all great fun, but it could never compare with a face-to-face gaming session. Mark and I headed out to another infamously lengthy board game night at our good friend's house. I had so much fun I only checked my watch properly when I left, it's was 3am... No regrets whatsoever. We had a tremendous 4 player game of Root (a game that's notoriously difficult to teach to a group) but everyone grafted to it so well and it ended up as the highlight of the night. So nice to spend time with old chums that I'd only seen over webcams over the last year or so too.

Double Doughnuts

Somehow dodged having to do two lunch runs and I've never been more chuffed. Our other Runner happened to be up by Pinkman's Bakery around lunchtime so we all put orders in for sourdoughnuts. Seconds after he paid, the other Runner came into the office brandishing Krispy Kreme doughnuts... I've never seen an office groan so loudly at the arrival of expensive doughnuts. Felt so guilty.

Our big fancy Production Meeting was meant to be in full swing for Monday. We laid out the tables, bought the snacks and printed name placards. Then in classic fashion the folks upstairs wanted to schedule it for a different day. Mood in the office was predictably a bit stale thanks to that unpopular decision. But the Friday spirit couldn't be quashed quite so easily, I was so ready to head home and now I'm looking forward to enjoying this weekend to it's fullest.