Glad that's over with

For about 3 solid weeks I've been on edge. Stress and more. From having to deal with costumes for a "last minute" film shoot, dealing with 2 high-stakes tailgates, a trip to a conference with my mother to present, and yesterday with the GRE. Yeah, I'm wiped out. I can feel a cold coming on because now that my system isn't on Red Alert, it's given way to whatever I had and letting it take over.

Happy it's all done with.

Star Wars Reads Day

Last Saturday was Star Wars Reads day and I've been planning for it for a while. I've known about it for many months but I couldn't say anything until they had announced it and then . . . I just forgot about telling other people about it. Most people that were close to me knew about it and I guess that is good enough for me. 

Jakob, Adam, Michael and I were able to do 2 events yesterday, both at Barnes & Noble bookstores.  One was a bit better received and planned than the other but they were both fun. It got a good response, at least for the day. Having it on the first weekend of October doesn't work too well here in Utah, but we had an okay response from the public.

Here are some fun pictures from West Jordan and Orem.

Yes, they made me get in at least 1 picture

I don't know if you can see it too well, but Jakob has a black "Angry Birds" ball in his hand.  I don't play the game but I guess that means something to everyone else. . . . .

Adam's family stopped by. This is his pretty daughter.

The store employees strike back. . . .

Bit better

So the film shoot went off a bit better than I had hoped it would. My mom decided to come along and drive the truck so Jakob and I could get a bit more sleep before the shoot. Worked out pretty well until I started having some car sickness and I couldn't sleep anymore. Jakob was able to sleep all the way up there--until we started not being able to see the road signs and I needed Jakob's eyes to help look.

We were up in Oakley. Never heard of it? Neither had I before this. It's actually quite beautiful up there--and I had more bars and faster coverage up there than I do in town most days.

The actual filming got started a bit late and it was COLD! at the beginning. I'm glad that my mom decided to stay in the truck and let me use her large heavy coat. I just wish I would have remembered my gloves. After getting everyone dressed, the make-up girls were a bit slow but they got everyone covered. We had some Divas when it came to the make-up---and believe it or not, it wasn't the girls; it was the men! Yeah, some of the men had a problem with the fact that they were getting covered in "dirt" and "blood" and "tattoos". Most of the girls were okay with it. We even had one girl with a bloody head wound who was perfectly fine with her hair getting matted from it.

Once filming got started, I was able to relax a bit and watch. They really pushed the timing and I hope they got everything that they wanted from it because I didn't get a picture of what every individual was wearing (dropped the ball on that one) so I don't know if I could recreate it if necessary.

While I had fun, I'm glad that the shoot is over. I think I packed too many things in such a short period of time and I'm now paying for it--just a bit worn out and tired. The next couple of weeks are still kind of packed, but not as hectic as that. I have to work a football game this Friday, Star Wars Reads Day on Saturday, and next week I leave for Birmingham for a conference on Wednesday. Will I get some time for myself somewhere in there? I'll try.  :s

As soon as I have some pictures, I'll upload them.  =)