The more I take work off my plate the more work gets put back on.

I spent the whole day yesterday coordinating with the city managers/owners of Di Napoli, KFC, and Friday's for the catering schedule. Luckily everyone was pretty cyked about helping out an independent and they gave us very much needed discounts. I also haggled a swanky hotel on the beach to give me a discount on hotel rooms so that our star actor- our one and only SAG member who comes with union rules and policies like housing and such- and his mother can live comfortably in Miami for the duration of principal photography. Go Summer! AND Katharine Sonoja at the City of Miami-Dade film commission gave me a break on my city street permits so that I wouldn't have to turn them in until Monday morning. Awesome! And I got the moola to go prop/costume/and craftservices shopping (which I immediately divided between myself, my production designer, and my costume director). Progress rules!

But then I get news from U-haul that says they cannot rent us a truck for 2 weeks time- that they only rent trucks out for a day. This is the same U-haul we used for A WEEK durig thesis. And Pete and Andy tell me that they might make some changes to the script that will affect the shooting schedule (4 days before we shoot). And the principal from Chris Columbus High School (a main shooting location) tells us he won't know if we can film at the school until Monday (2 days before we are scheduled to film there).

Then I find out that Erick spent ALL of the budget for equipment on CVT and left me with no money for Trade Audio or Illucide Production's sound and walkie equipment. And that MIU won't have their green screen room available next week after they promised us we could have it. And that it costs $23 an hour to rent policemen to block off city streets and Pete and Andy want to block off 2 more than we had originally planned for.

And all the while I'm getting pressure from home about Hazel's wedding, fittings for the bridesmaid dress, will I be flying in?, what day will I be flying?, don't forget the slide show presentation, we need money for the bridal shower/bachelorette party, you have late fees/overdrawn bills for you credit cards, rent is due!

And- to top it all off- the light bulb on the ONE LAMP that lights MY WHOLE LIVING ROOM burned out and I have to get specialty halogen bulbs found in only one location in Miami to replace it.

Geezum Crow. It's only January! I can't wait to see what the rest of 2005 is gonna look like!