Day 266: Royal pain in the *&$

Today was a royal pain in the you know what.

It stared with a small snafu yesterday. The chef we had scheduled had to bail because of a family emergency.

It was absolutely no problem, we're in the mindset that we're just tv, and family comes from first.

I thought about trying to find something to fill his place but it seemed to be more trouble than it was worth so I cut my losses and decided to just run something on tape instead.

I knew I had work to do when I came in, but I had no idea how much work was ahead of me.

Within an hour of my arrival, we were in slight 'crisis mode'.

We had a paying guest at the studio for a taping, but no production crew because they were tied up with something else that couldn't wait.

We had coordinated with the other project but for some reason we were brushed aside as if we didn't exist and it was time to figure out a solution.

We managed to get by, because that's what we do.

After we finished that project I went to work filling the spots left by the chef.

I thought everything was ready to go, and about 15 minutes before the show I realized we still needed to find a way to fill 4 minutes in the show... yikes!

We did get it done, again, like we always do, but everything just pushed me one more step behind where I needed to be.

This continued throughout the day, with high maintenance guests making unrealistic requests, and many other tiny annoyances.

I know I shouldn't get worked up about them, but it's hard when there are so many being flung at you in the day.

I kept trying to tell myself the Encourager's saying 'Poor you and your first world problem' and it worked to a certain extent, but I was certainly irritated.

Poor Sunshine had to listen to me vent, but she was a trooper.

After the day was over, she suggested we go get a drink. I couldn't agree more!

So we hit a nearby bar to watch a little Monday Night Football.

As we sat down I looked up and saw a familiar sight on one of the screens. My beloved Cardinals were on tv, and my demeanor instantly changed.

It's amazing how one little thing like that can make such a difference in my attitude.

While we were there, we had a chance to catch up. I know it sounds crazy that we wouldn't have a chance to talk when we sit across from each other at work, but we don't.... it's weird?

We talked work, we talked family, and our past experiences together but it was a great time.

For a day that started off as a bunch of annoyances, thrown into a box and wrapped up with a little bow, it turned out to be a gift of a different type... friendship.