Monday, February 22, 2010
My Kids Call Me Mommy 1
One of the things I'll be highlighting this year is a little entry called "My kids call me Mommy" It'll attempt to show how I can possibly juggle my career with raising a family (and juggling their career's...LOL)
On a typical day, I drop my 2 kids off to school by 8:15am (Cassidy 3 and Dylan 7) and start my day. My day consists of running errands/household chores (today I am doing laundry, grocery shopping, paying bills & setting up appointments -dr/hair cuts) trying to fit in some exercise (today I will take my dog for a nice long walk/jog), producing my kids spec pilot (today I check in with my 8 animators to see how they are doing, my tech guy to get rendering started-who has been MIA for 2 weeks, my old tech folks-who I need to sue for not finishing what I paid them for, but am still holding out hope they will come thru for SOMETHING-to ask for rendering help, and call my editor/2 D animation guy to see if he is back in town-he is not; he'll be back Wed).
Side note: Producing, I find, is mostly babysitting and using creative thinking to motivate people in the best way that works for them (everyone is very different in what motivates them so you HAVE to discover what motivates EVERYONE on your team as an individual) Thus, it really is no different than raising kids...LOL.
This is a typical day and so far none of us have any auditions to go to (I have a voice audition to record later, that I will do in my own office here at home and send the mp3 to my voice agent). Of course...that could change at a moments notice ;-) For now though, I have until 2:30 when I pick up my son (3pm I pick up my daughter) to get my work done so I can help with homework, cook dinner, and get some family time in. Throughout all this I check my email CONSTANTLY for work, auditions, kid show questions, etc. There is also acting submissions, my music, searching for a new theatrical agent and loop group communications that continue to go on daily... Joey is working on a film today (doing looping) so I am on my own with the day...
This is my typical day...a good way for entry 1 to begin and end...
On a typical day, I drop my 2 kids off to school by 8:15am (Cassidy 3 and Dylan 7) and start my day. My day consists of running errands/household chores (today I am doing laundry, grocery shopping, paying bills & setting up appointments -dr/hair cuts) trying to fit in some exercise (today I will take my dog for a nice long walk/jog), producing my kids spec pilot (today I check in with my 8 animators to see how they are doing, my tech guy to get rendering started-who has been MIA for 2 weeks, my old tech folks-who I need to sue for not finishing what I paid them for, but am still holding out hope they will come thru for SOMETHING-to ask for rendering help, and call my editor/2 D animation guy to see if he is back in town-he is not; he'll be back Wed).
Side note: Producing, I find, is mostly babysitting and using creative thinking to motivate people in the best way that works for them (everyone is very different in what motivates them so you HAVE to discover what motivates EVERYONE on your team as an individual) Thus, it really is no different than raising kids...LOL.
This is a typical day and so far none of us have any auditions to go to (I have a voice audition to record later, that I will do in my own office here at home and send the mp3 to my voice agent). Of course...that could change at a moments notice ;-) For now though, I have until 2:30 when I pick up my son (3pm I pick up my daughter) to get my work done so I can help with homework, cook dinner, and get some family time in. Throughout all this I check my email CONSTANTLY for work, auditions, kid show questions, etc. There is also acting submissions, my music, searching for a new theatrical agent and loop group communications that continue to go on daily... Joey is working on a film today (doing looping) so I am on my own with the day...
This is my typical day...a good way for entry 1 to begin and end...
