Paula's World

So today I really felt the tug of family and Hollywood all-in-one. After a fun "family" bout of Bronchitis, I was ready to move on and get back to business. The first agenda for the day was to take my 2 year old son to the zoo for a toddler class there. By 10:20am we were face to face with a tarantula (mind you two years ago I would have still been face to face with my pillow at that time on a Saturday) and had fun learning about how different animals move. (It was actually informative even for me!) By 11:45 I was back in the car as my son dozed off on the ride home (perfect timing). Just enough time to do the parent "tag" (since my husband Joey is an actor too-this is our usual "game" as we switch off to audition/work,etc.) and I was getting ready for a Casting Director workshop at The Actors Group. Scott Lairson, associate at Junie Lowry Johnson's office was the guest of the day. All in all it was a fun workout. Scott gave out good material, gave good adjustments and there was a lot of good work in the room. I was pretty reved up as I drove home. On a side note I should mention that I was never really a huge fan of the Actor CD workshops. I did them before my son was born and really never saw any "results" from them. After a two year hiatus I thought i'd give it another go 'round, but this time I'm taking a different approach to it mentally. I do get a good "work out" from them so no matter what, I feel like I'm benefitting. Plus, right now I have no Theatrical Agent so I figure it's a good way to put my face in front of the CD's. The industry has changed SOOO much in the last few years, even my friends who used to work ALL the time have really had a hard time getting auditions and work! OK, enough of my side note... After the workshop I got home to see the end of a Big Bird movie my husband and son were watching, again...not the kind of thing I would have been watching 2 years ago! I was even happy to watch that since I had a good "workout". I'm making a note...happy "actor" person = happy mom. And I'm much more eager to do the eating battle that always seams to ensue with my Toddler at dinner time. Tonight we decide to try out the Pizza Cookery down the street from our house. It had a cute atmosphere with wood chips on the floor, that my son Dylan found very exciting, and the food proved to be on the average side. We ordered some pizza and pasta to share. Now my son, who was very eager to eat the pizza before it came, decided it would be more fun to jump up and down on the booth's seat and flirt with the women at the other tables when it atually arrived. Not even the "ice Cream" bribe tactic would work this time. Nope, we ended up giving in at the end and getting the ice cream anyway...because WE really wanted it too. The day ended with a bit of avoidence from my son at bedtime, but we settled him down without too much trouble and we were able to do some "business" before bed. (yes...most of my work for my carreer and the house, gets done during sleep hours!)