Thursday – Travel Day
Drove down to Lexington this afternoon.
We are staying at the Hyatt – which is UK Fan Central.
Ugh!!!
Later in the evening, a group of us went to dinner a few blocks from the hotel.
I forget the name of the place.
It was nice to be out with crew.
Friday – Set Day
Never been to the football stadium. Got a little lost en route.
Last week, there had been an “incident” on our set day.
The producer gets a special order of Ginger Ale every week. We all know that it’s his, so we don’t drink it.
He had happened to find a bag of Peanut M&Ms in his work bag. He had set them at his station, planning to eat them after his team meetings.
While he was gone, a couple of the crew members decided to eat the M&Ms and pour out the Ginger Ale’s. They also forced the runner to write a ransom note.
The empty Ginger Ale bottles and M&M bag were left at the producers work station with the ransom note stating, “If you want to see your Ginger Ale and M&M’s again, bring your crew some SEC swag, bitch!”
Well… that didn’t go over too well. It might have been considered funny, if the note hadn’t ended in “bitch”
Even though I had NOTHING to do with the “incident”, other than witnessing the event take place, I decided to bring a peace offering of sorts. I made a gift basket of peanut M&Ms and Ginger Ale to give him. It was easy since I was driving this weekend.
He was quite surprised!
At lunch, a bunch of us headed to a DDD place.
Parkette Drive In
It was a diner… and to be honest, overrated.
It was decent, but none of us found it to be outstanding by any means.
When I went to pay for my lunch, I realized that I had lost my American Express. The last place I used it was at the place we had eaten last night. So I called, and they hadnt found it. They thought maybe the server had it in her apron and had accidentally taken it home.
After work, I walked back to the place to inquire in person about the missing Amex. Nope. Crap.
I checked online and no one had used it. So I decided to take a gamble and not report it. I am gonna be on the road for a few weeks and I won't be home to get the new one they send me.
Friday nite, it was “Girls Night with the Producer”. He had gotten tickets to the Kentucky Men’s Basketball home opener vs East Tennessee State; which was also his alma mater.
We ended up with rockin’ seats behind the basket!
It was so much fun to go to a game as a fan!
And to do so with friends!
We left at halftime, since it was so late. We needed our beauty rest.
Saturday – Game Day
Vanderbilt vs Kentucky
For some reason, I didn’t take any photos.
After breakfast, there was the 2nd Annual SEC Race. Last year, our Operations Producer, fell and hurt his shoulder. Which ironically, he was off this weekend and last, because he had surgery to repair it!
False start. So there was a re-do.
Lance won again this year.
After the game, I walked back to the place I had left my Amex, sure enough, they had it!
Yah!!!! I am sooooo glad I had not cancelled my card.
Hung out with the guys Saturday night and headed home early on Sunday.
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