January 30 & 31,2008

Wednesday 30th We went to Oceanside to the library to view the movie "Wild Hoggs" It was so funny, we really enjoyed it.
Thursday 31st Last night we received a phone call from the lady we met last week at the ball field who was signing people up to be xtra's in a Sony commercial advertising some new game or video. We were to be there at 2:30 PM today and they said we would be there about 12 hours. We wore layers of clothing and had an extra jacket in our back pack along with some water, snacks, a blanket and 2 books to read. How tough could it be sitting in a ball field cheering for a ball game, we were all primed up!!! We found out NO water bottles OR snacks were allowed in the ball field. Sharon had them under the blanket, so we were OK getting in with them. They fed us a lunch about 5 PM of hot dogs and chips and a salad after they got everyone all signed up. Then we went into the stadium for the filming, what a lot of confusion that was. We thought we would find a seat and do the commercial. WRONG!!!! They moved us all over that silly stadium so we got to cheer all over it. Everytime they set up a new scene we had to move to a new area in the stadium. They had us dress in dark colors, so we all looked alike no matter where we were cheering. They had banners for the Padre's and the Phillies and signs to hold up like they do a ball game. A 20 year old girl who was sitting by Sharon was told she couldn't wear the bright gold sweatshirt she had on. She took it off and all she had on then was a sleeveless tank top. I am sure you have figured out by now who wore the extra jacket in Sharon's bag~~~~ it was probably 53 degrees then and before the night was over, it was 44 when we finished up. Everyone was getting pretty cold and tired of it by 11 PM, so they sent us across the street to eat dinner. It was baked chicken breast with gravy over rice, steamed carrots and several salads with bread. They had lots of snack foods that everyone filled their pockets with and took back into the stadium with then. About 2 AM, they brought in some big heaters and some of us managed to go over and warm up in between shoots. To make a long story shorter, we finally got out of there at 6:15 AM. We were very cold and tired, but we did enjoy it and would do it again, only next time take more warm clothes and blankets. They said they would pay overtime after 12 hours. HA Union people were on over time after 8 hours. Some of those people had to go to work when they were released from the film, the young lady who wore our coat had to fly to New York City that afternoon for a business meeting for her company. We just had to drive home and go to bed and sleep until we felt like getting up. Life for the Mosher's is never dull, we always find something different or interesting to do.