Serious as a...

Two weeks ago Monday morning.  Woke with a migrane at 4am.  Got up, took Tylenol and waited for it to subside.  Drifted off to sleep at 5ish.  At 6 I went back to bed only to be awakened by my phone ringing at 6:25.  am.  :/

It had stopped ringing by the time I got there but I could see it was another recordist calling.  No voicemail, so I called her back. She answered.  

"Are you working today?" 

"No."  

"How soon can you get here.  R** had a heart attack and needs someone to cover for him."

"I'm on my way."

So I dressed and was out the door in 15 minutes.  Woke up after about a half hour on the freeway.  

Traffic was light, it only took 90 minutes to get to the job.  Call time had been at 8, so I was only an hour late and the person who called me had already set up the room.

I got it figured out pretty quickly, we were ready when they asked to roll.  No delay to production.

My friend went on to her other job, I began to see people I knew on the set, and for the next three long days I worked 12 hours a day and drove for another three.  (90 minutes each way)

R** had three stents put in, and was back to work in two weeks.

The show must go on....