Yesterday Turned Crazy

Yesterday started out as a normal day, but turned into a very busy one indeed! It started just before 8:30am - I was just on my way into work and I got a call from my agency. That in itself is weird - so early! Anyway, it was news of an audition. A big one. For one of the leads in a feature film. And if that weren't enough, it will be filming in Prague at the end of this month. How very cool! Unfortunately my passport has expired (just a couple months ago!), so should I get this gig, I will have to do a speedy request to get a new passport (as Canadian passports aren't renewable at this point).

I get to work, start checking the Gov't of Canada website about passport stuff, and it looks like starting Aug 15th, they will be doing renewals of passports. So that's cool - not so much paperwork to submit (but still a big wait time). I check my email and get the info for the audition, only the sides aren't there. Is something wrong with my email? I contact my agency and they resend the email right away and it works this time. 4 pages of script. I figure I can do some work in the 45 minutes I have after work before I go out to my singing rehearsal, then come back to it when I get home at afterwards.

Then my boss calls and says my husband (we work together) needs to go on a trip. We both roll our eyes, and I schedule his flights, making sure he's back in time for our plans for the next evening (it's a big event that's been planned for awhile). The bad news is that it meant he would have to leave yesterday afternoon, and won't be back until tonight. But if there are no flight delays, he will be able to make it to the big event!

Then at about 2:15pm, my agent calls with a new audition - for 4:00pm same day! I don't have my materials with me, but she says she'll fax them over to the casting director. This now means I have to leave work early. (Luckily I have that flexibility in my job.) I feel like a loser in the audition waiting room as I don't have my headshot and resume, but heave a little sigh of relief when I see the casting director with my faxed materials - especially when no big deal is made and she thanks me for coming in on such short notice. The session starts late, and I don't leave until 4:40pm. I have to head home to pick up my music for my rehearsal, then head back out to Vancouver. Rush hour makes the drive home quite a bit longer than normal and I don't get home until about 5:30pm. A quick change, a quick vocal warm-up, a quick grab of my music and audition sides, and I'm back out the door. No time to peruse my sides.

Luckily I always leave a little bit early to get places, so I arrive about 10 minutes early for my rehearsal. I stay in the car for those 10 minutes and figure out some things for my next day's audition. Then I head inside for 2 hours of singing. We finish and I head back home - arriving sometime around 10pm. I gather some laundry together so I have something appropriate to wear for to my audition, get a late dinner together, and finally sit down to really go over my sides. Can't stay up too late, though, because I start work at 8:30am again the next morning (as always!), and have to look camera ready.

And that is how what started as a regular day turned a little crazy. Whew! I'm tired just thinking about it. But I must wake myself up - I am at work now, and my audition is at the end of the day. Crossing my fingers that all goes well. :)