Woke to a Grey, Gloomy and Rainy Day
I had planned on running to UBC to volunteer this morning but I got a late email from my friend last night. I had sent him a sympathy card regarding the passing of his Grandmother last week. In the email he had asked me to attend the funeral service this morning and to help take photos.
Attended Funeral
It had been many years since I attended a funeral. I attended the funeral of my Grandmother’s cousin on Vancouver Island several years ago. I had only met her a few years before she passed away but we became fairly close.
Today’s funeral was not too far from me. I had to dig out my black suit that I usually wear for funerals and job interviews. It’s just as well that I did bring it out because I discovered that it had become too big for me. I did wear it but had to put a safety-pin in the back of the skirt. Better to know this now before I have a job interview.
The service was a beautiful and touching tribute to a woman who was obviously well-loved by her family and friends. I was able to take photos discreetly with my friend’s camera with a large zoom lens. There was a video and others taking photos as well. The camera was so heavy that it was difficult for me to balance with my weak arm and shoulder. It became rather apparent that I still need to continue my home physiotherapy exercises.
Even though I didn’t know his Grandmother, I was so touched with all of the outpouring of grief I had witnessed today. It made me remember of my Mom’s and Grandmother’s funerals so many years ago. Tears rolled down my face as I drove home.
Financial Stress Continues
I still haven’t received my pay cheque for working at the BC Election two weeks ago. I had been hoping for that extra day’s pay for the cancelled TV shoot and now would only get one day’s pay. I still have to wait for the TV commercial cheque that I did weeks ago, but I know that those ones take a long time to arrive.
I only have little over two weeks before my employment insurance claim ends. I never anticipated exhausting my claim. I really assumed that I would find a full-time job within a few weeks, at most a few months.
Talked With the Extras Casting Director
I returned the call from the Extras Casting Director. I told her that I was aware of the Force Majeure rule with productions and I hadn’t thought that I would get paid and if I had, it would just be a bonus. She hadn’t encountered this situation for quite a few years so she had to research what the current rules were.
I told her how much I enjoyed working on that production (they did the make-up shoot a few days later). She asked me where I had been, either inside the café set or the exterior and said that she would keep me in mind for any future shoots. Since I had worked inside this time, she could hire me for any shoots where they needed exterior people. I thought that this was nice of her to say, that she would consider me again.
I was reading Entertainment Weekly and saw a one page ad on the back cover for this TV show. That made me hopeful. If this show does well, it may continue being shot here in Vancouver which will lead to more extra work and production work for the BC Film Community.
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