Well, I’m back from Minneapolis. It was an exhausting, whirlwind trip. My flight was scheduled to leave at 6:30 pm – but, of course, nothing goes as planned. We sat on the tarmac for over an hour due to “computer” problems. Eventually, they fixed the issue and we took off over one hour late. I arrived in Minneapolis around 10:00 pm, and went and checked into the hotel.
I have to say, I’ve been dreading this trip – the client has postponed the trip several times, and they have been difficult about the work product. I initially sent a draft script in June, but heard nothing back until October – when they asked me to completely re-write the entire thing! I had no time blocked off for that, and the request really annoyed me. I understand that they are the client, but it truly showed no respect for my time. I was traveling, but managed to get another draft done. I then learned that they expected me to videotape the entire piece without using a teleprompter! I was supposed to “wing it” but stick to the script. Yeah, right.
On the day of the taping, I got there and we did a trial run. I was reading from my notes, but needless to say, it did not look good on camera to have me looking down. The “interviewer” for the segment complained and requested that I be given a teleprompter. Thankfully, that all worked out well! I only wish the decision had been made beforehand – there are a number of changes I would have made to the script if I had known they were going to let me use a teleprompter. I’m dreading seeing myself on video.
My journey home was uneventful. Micah was asleep, and I was simply exhausted. I crashed pretty early, as I had a busy day planned the following day.
This morning, Micah woke up at 8 when the phone rang – because Elliot apparently forgot the phone extension in Micah’s bedroom. We fed him breakfast, and I had to decorate a cake for a birthday party. Thankfully, Elliot baked the cake while I was out of town. I just printed out an edible image and slapped it on the cake – nice and simple. In the meantime, Elliot took Micah for his 10 month photos (a little late). I have been terrible about giving monthly birthday updates lately! We do not have pictures yet – due to our tight schedule today, Elliot did not stay and pick out the photos, so I’ll take care of that later this week.
After picture time, I took Micah up to playgroup to celebrate Joseph’s birthday. The kids had a great time – playing in a ball pit and crawling around. Here are a few fun pictures of our babies:
We still have a lot more to do this week. I’ve got a ton of work, and Micah is back to daycare (and all the swine flu circulating there). We’ve got class on Thursday, and I have a bunch of meetings on Friday. Thursday night, Elliot and I are going out to a very nice dinner for date night. We’re also meeting with the architect to discuss house renovations. Wish us luck!