Today was my first day of unemployment... (ok, still getting calls about Loss & Damage - just not getting paid to sort it out) it happens at the end of each season of the show or movie depending on which you're working on.  I've been going full throttle for 10 months now and because we shot episode 722 in Utah I didn't get the usual ease into wrap.  This time... flew back to Wilmington and wrapped quickly... had to be done in a little over a week.  So we sprinted the last week to finish and now I'm done.  This business is a little weird like that... I mean you work really hard and then you're not working.  Most industry folks are freelance - bustin' *** when you are working, recovering then looking for work.  Since I got on OTH, I've been kept busy 10 months or so out of the year... some would say that having 6 weeks off is a blessing and I agree it is.  However, when you work the long hours plus phone calls at all hours of the night and on the weekends you get a little wonkey and need those weeks off to recover.

I find myself a little defensive this first day off and maybe a little cranky... on Sunday my mind was set to get up early (Monday) and get the day started... so I texted (don't you just love texting, you can't hear folks protesting) Andrea and asked her to join me for breakfast (yep, breakfast, not lunch) she's been helping me with a couple of projects that need to be tidied up... 8am I suggested.  Then as if I was trying to be cruel and miserable I asked dear Nick to meet me at 9am... wanted to talk to him about a couple of projects that we've been bouncing around.  I don't know why I made the poor man get out of his bed that damn early... I mean for the love of God, I'm unemployed... noon is a much better time to meet and greet folks.  As always, Nick was a gentleman and put up with my awful meeting time and we did get a couple of things ironed out. I was given my marching orders and set out to bug a few other people get some calls made... which I did.  I find that making phone calls in the am means that I'll get returned calls in the afternoon. So the rest of the week will be making calls and hopefully getting responses... and not bothering Nick at the crack of dawn... ha

I mean, we gotta get things moving forward folks...

Speaking of getting things moving... Kendall and our SoGoPro Street Team have been working on the http://sogoprostreet.blogspot.com/ - monthly awards, weekly interviews and a brilliant range of fan contributions.  What amazing support and encouragement!

Onward,

kt