I've mentioned a time or two that my job often takes me to interesting places that I wouldn't normal go or even be allowed to enter. Today was one of those days. We were filming a scene inside an airplane. Just your normal guy on a flight type of thing, but instead of building the set, we went to the airport. We filmed inside a mock airplane that the airlines use to train their flight attendants in. Apparently within the same building were flight simulators in which the pilots train in. The mock airplane we filmed in included a section of a plane equipped with removable seats, overhead bins and even dinner trays. After filming outdoors all day yesterday, it was a welcomed reprieve to be inside an air conditioned building. It was even more enjoyable finding things inside the building to entertain us - like fake dinner trays with cardboard food. I'm sure if locations actually knew the things we do when at a place, nobody would ever allow us to film in their house or building again. Sometimes though, they see us having fun with their things and I think they get a kick out of it.
The best thing about today though was that since we had a later call I was able to spend some time with Marshall this morning before I went to work. We took the dogs for a walk and then grabbed some lunch at Bricktops. It was a lovely morning, but it made it hard to leave and go to work. All I wanted to do was hang out with Marshall and the dogs more. Fortunately, we were filming right near the apartment so Marshall was able to swing by and see me during my lunch hour (which really was more like dinner time). Since base camp and catering was set up at Southpark Mall, Marshall met me there and we spent the hour walking around the mall. We grabbed coffee at Starbucks and just enjoyed hanging out with each other in the middle of the day. I had always thought this season I would spend most of my lunch hours with Marshall and Nolan as Marshall had said he would bring Nolan by to see me most days. So it was nice to spend at least one of my lunch hours with Marshall, even though Nolan wasn't there too. I had gotten my hopes up so high for these lunch dates with my two boys, that it was nice to actually have one come to some sort of fruition. To make my day even better, Marshall came back by set later that night to see me and say hello to everyone on the crew. Most of the crew hadn't seen Marshall since Nolan's death so I know a lot of them were anxious to see him and give him a hug and their condolences in person. After Marshall left, the minutes just seemed to drag on and on. I felt like that night was never going to end. I think we finally finished working somewhere around 3am. By the time I got home Marshall was zonked out along with the pups. JoJo and Buster did manage to groggily waddle to the door to see me when I walked in but there was no budging Marshall. Oh well. At least I got to spend a lot more time with him today than most days.
I've mentioned a time or two that my job often takes me to interesting places that I wouldn't normal go or even be allowed to enter. Today was one of those days. We were filming a scene inside an airplane. Just your normal guy on a flight type of thing, but instead of building the set, we went to the airport. We filmed inside a mock airplane that the airlines use to train their flight attendants in. Apparently within the same building were flight simulators in which the pilots train in. The mock airplane we filmed in included a section of a plane equipped with removable seats, overhead bins and even dinner trays. After filming outdoors all day yesterday, it was a welcomed reprieve to be inside an air conditioned building. It was even more enjoyable finding things inside the building to entertain us - like fake dinner trays with cardboard food. I'm sure if locations actually knew the things we do when at a place, nobody would ever allow us to film in their house or building again. Sometimes though, they see us having fun with their things and I think they get a kick out of it.
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