{188/365} Frank is heading back to "Betty" after a relaxing 7-week hiatus...and none of us are happy. For those who don't work in television/film, it's difficult to explain why our lives are so complicated. Franks experience in this business has been consistently inconsistent. Each show he has worked on has proved to be more annoying than the previous show with various call times throughout the week. A 7am call means getting up by 5am and often not returning until 11pm...if he's lucky. The later he gets home, the later the call is the next day...and the later he gets home. A vicious cycle. Oh, and don't get me started on the "night exterior" days when they can only start shooting when the sun sets! The most difficult thing is leaving while the kids are asleep and returning after they have gone to bed. By the time Friday rolls around he can usually expect an afternoon call and more likely then not, he will return as the sun is rising. Another Saturday spent in bed catching up on sleep. It's not easy for any of us but somehow we deal. It certainly would be worse if he were travelling all of the time or he was a soldier serving overseas. We get that. So, we rely on text messages, picture messages and Sundays and make the most of it.Saturday, July 11, 2009
Tuesday, July 7
{188/365} Frank is heading back to "Betty" after a relaxing 7-week hiatus...and none of us are happy. For those who don't work in television/film, it's difficult to explain why our lives are so complicated. Franks experience in this business has been consistently inconsistent. Each show he has worked on has proved to be more annoying than the previous show with various call times throughout the week. A 7am call means getting up by 5am and often not returning until 11pm...if he's lucky. The later he gets home, the later the call is the next day...and the later he gets home. A vicious cycle. Oh, and don't get me started on the "night exterior" days when they can only start shooting when the sun sets! The most difficult thing is leaving while the kids are asleep and returning after they have gone to bed. By the time Friday rolls around he can usually expect an afternoon call and more likely then not, he will return as the sun is rising. Another Saturday spent in bed catching up on sleep. It's not easy for any of us but somehow we deal. It certainly would be worse if he were travelling all of the time or he was a soldier serving overseas. We get that. So, we rely on text messages, picture messages and Sundays and make the most of it.
{188/365} Frank is heading back to "Betty" after a relaxing 7-week hiatus...and none of us are happy. For those who don't work in television/film, it's difficult to explain why our lives are so complicated. Franks experience in this business has been consistently inconsistent. Each show he has worked on has proved to be more annoying than the previous show with various call times throughout the week. A 7am call means getting up by 5am and often not returning until 11pm...if he's lucky. The later he gets home, the later the call is the next day...and the later he gets home. A vicious cycle. Oh, and don't get me started on the "night exterior" days when they can only start shooting when the sun sets! The most difficult thing is leaving while the kids are asleep and returning after they have gone to bed. By the time Friday rolls around he can usually expect an afternoon call and more likely then not, he will return as the sun is rising. Another Saturday spent in bed catching up on sleep. It's not easy for any of us but somehow we deal. It certainly would be worse if he were travelling all of the time or he was a soldier serving overseas. We get that. So, we rely on text messages, picture messages and Sundays and make the most of it.
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Cute pic! Oh my goodness, with Riley in the pic . . . so sweet! She misses her Daddy too!
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