Dark side of the jen

Yesterday I worked 11 hours in the sun...the hot, hot sun. I'm 20 shades darker, than I was at 6am yesterday. When I got home, I was glowing. Not sunburned, though...my skin actually looks pretty decent; just darker. The catering company I'm working for was chosen to be the cater for a travel channel commercial shoot! I was the "lucky" soul that got to be on site...ALL DAY....ALONE with the crew. They were filming a commercial for Anthony Bourdain's show, "No Reservations". Yes, I got to meet him. Not bad, not bad at all. I was with the crew all day as they walked up and down Elm street filming and shooting. Did I mention it was a bit toasty? Yeah...

My boss left me there by myself to wait on the crew of 20-30 people, hand and foot. "Pamper them", she said as she sped off. It wasn't too bad. I would walk around the set every 10 minutes or so with snack baskets/goodies to offer the crew. I had a "station" set up with all of my supplies. I'd walk a block and a half to offer them stuff/make sure they had enough drinks in their cooler, then walk a block and a half back to my station to refill. Needless to say, I was worn out then, and I'm still worn out (even though I just finished working 9.5 hours today). It was fun to watch them shoot, and they were extremely nice. At one point Anthony was wielding a flame thrower...you haven't lived until you've seen one used in real life. :-)

For lunch, my boss came back to drop off the food and help set up the buffet. We fed them breaded chicken Parmesan, pesto pasta, veggies al dente, salad, and Dr. Pepper cake. Then my boss again left me alone to be their servant-girl. I cleared all 20-30 plates (plus the 6 cops we had on site since we were in the highest crime area in Waco), and cleaned up as they went back out to continue shooting. After I cleaned, and sat down (for the first time all day) for 10 minutes, I was back out the door, walking the block with my baskets. I felt a little like I was in Juarez because I was walking the streets with baskets of food, the buildings were brightly colored, and there were...unsavory characters milling about. I got hit on multiple times by the characters, and once I thought this thug looking guy was going to get out of his car and either kill, rape or kidnap me. He'd spotted me, pulled up to the curb and started trying to "holla" at me, then got annoyed when I wasn't interested. The cops were not there looking out for me.

Anywho, yesterday was an interesting experience, and I got to meet a celebrity (not to mention I also got 2 hours overtime pay...woohoo!).