Packing for Canada

 With our trip to Canada looming Rebecca used today to coordinate her outfits for the holiday. There was a lot of consulting on my part as we whittled down the mini mountain of clothes, there might end up being some detritus going in my bag now as well. I still need to figure out what is exactly coming with me overseas, I'm mostly looking forward to reading books again, with plenty of travel time I'll try and get plenty of words under my belt. I feel like I'm the kind of person who brings a notebook along with aspirations if doing some creative writing, but I always end up lugging an empty pad... maybe just a small notebook this time...

Farewell Rivals

 Fun fact, I listen to 'P.S. Goodbye' and 'Nostalgia' by The Chameleons at the end of every job. Though I technically have one more bonus tidy up day on Monday, today marked the Production Team's final day in Rivals. It's bizarre to think they've been my colleagues for 10 months now, but it feels like yesterday when we all walked it, picked a desk and set up our laptops down. I keep getting flashbacks to prep and driving to the offices through the snow while we all navigated our new roles. Fast forward to now and we're all better people, more confident in our own skin and in our abilities. I passed on my wrap gifts and cards to everyone and only made a few people well up with my words. We packed down the offices, swept everything off our desks and left it just as we found it - as if nothing ever happened.

Lot of good memories on this job, that office will forever home a lot of happy thoughts and good vibes. Come Monday a part of me will miss it greatly.

Slap Up Meal

I was about 45 minutes into a big drive first thing this morning when I suddenly realized I forgot to eat breakfast. Thankfully it was our Production Team lunch this afternoon, and since I had been inadvertently fasting I was ready to gorge myself. Scallops, calamari, focaccia, gnocchi, arachini, limonchello and affogato, we had a banquet! So much so I don't think I'll need breakfast tomorrow now!

One last push for the wrap in the show tomorrow. I'll be driving up and around London all day doing returns, hopefully I won't miss any of the good vibes, but deep down I'm glad I won't be around to pack down the kitchen.

Hand Double

Forgot how ropey an early wake up call was, but that's the magic of working in TV. It was our one and only pick up day, most of the crew were called in for one last rodeo up in a regular location of ours and it felt like coming home. They added in an extra scene too which they required a hand double for so I dove in front of camera once again to save the day to the amusement of my team. That really, really was a full on wrap on Rivals now and it went out with a fun little shoot day.

Accustomed to Customs

There's just a few big jobs left to do in the office, arranging this international freight courier has been the bane if my life recently though. Valuing every individual item, gathering insurance quotes and filling out customs paperwork is miles out of my wheelhouse but I forced myself to sort it all out today and I feel so much better now. The rest of the afternoon was all about getting the final, final day of filming all prepped and ready. I'm going to be doing one more big, nasty early morning and after that I'll be Scott free.

Chonky Tiger

With precious few days left on this job it suddenly dawned on me just how much I have to do before I can put my out of office on for good. Most irritatingly I have a consignment of personal belongings that need to head back to America on behalf of a cast member. Because they own a lot of expensive goods we need to get insurance out for them too, and that means itemizing everything they have in their various suitcases. The most hilarious thing we found was a rhinestone clutch handbag in the shape of a chubby tiger. At least it was the funniest thing until it flew out of the suitcase as I attempted to pack it, flinging itself at full force right at my laptop screen... so now there's a big chink in my device that likely means I'll have to replace the screen. What's an already stressful Monday without a little something more?

State of Sunday

My first and only full weekend day was a hoot. Depending on your state of mind it could have looked like a lot of false starts, Rebecca and I drove up to Cribbs Causeway with a long list of things to get, but we mostly left empty handed. We had a similar experience at IKEA as well, leaving there having spent more on meatballs than furniture. At least it was fun to hang out and take it easy - ready for the final push and last week of work.