Good advice, eh?

I had to keep reminding myself of that when on Saturday at our crew call we discovered the apartment was without water! This of course was the opposite of what the city told me. There *should* have been water on according to them. But water or no, our great crew kicked it into high gear (on a beautiful, hot sunny day, no less) and we cleaned the apt from top to bottom. We used bottled water & a 3 gallon jug I brought from home and it worked out just fine. I called the City today to find out what the deal is – they were able to tell me in 5 minutes that yes! indeed! the water had been shut off after the last tenant moved out (which is contrary to what they told me on Friday). Ah well. After a little bit of stress we were able to get the job done.

Yesterday Cheri, our illustrious Production Designer, rolled into town and we discussed things, and paint and more things. What things should be in who’s apartment? Those types of things. We debated wall color and artwork, discussed props – what we need to make, buy, beg, borrow, steal – you get the idea.

Today has been a laundry list of phone calls – getting water on in the apartment, running to the bank for petty cash (oh how we need petty cash these days!), talking with the police department about our schedule, insurance, permits, call sheets – lots of detail stuff that is imperative to a smooth production.

Tomorrow more nailing down the final bits & pieces! Only 4 days til we shoot!!!