Ab-Infomercial = Hypothermia!

I started off my week great; finished my boyfriend’s Christmas decoration, last week before he comes homes (5 very long weeks later), and two auditions that I did not even really ask for.  One was for a Wii Fit commercial, the other was for an ab-infomercial.  I auditioned for the Wii commercial last Friday and had got a callback on Monday as well as the ab-infomercial audition. 

I had not planned on going to the ab-infomercial, but the casting director begged that I come, so I did.  Once I got there, I went into the casting room and the producer automatically thought I would be perfect for the testimonial model instead of the ab model, which I thought was odd, since I have nice abs.  He had mentioned that all the women that have come in have perfect, super defined abs, and since mine are not body builder crazy that I would fit best as a testimonial.  Whatever, I could care less about this infomercial in the first place. 

After the infomercial I quickly head to my callback at Dream Big Casting for the Wii Fit commercial. Callbacks were running 2 hours behind due to the morning 2^nd round of auditions for the commercial.  Instead of waiting upstairs for 2 hours, I head downstairs to my work and have them call me up when they need me.  Finally when it was my turn to go into the callback they brought me in with a guy named Landen (we were supposed to be husband and wife).  We played off each other well, so well that they kept us both to go in with others.  It finally got knocked down to 4 people; 2 couples and I was one of them.  The producers thought I was great and even asked if I would be willing to take one of their Wiis home to practice on – HELL YEA! 

Late Monday night I get a call from the ab infomercial – they booked me and want me there Tuesday morning at 10am.  I let my boss know I wont be in for work and since he’s super cool he had no problem with it, although he was hoping that I would close.  I arrive at the infomercial at 9:50am (always early) get into my workout outfit (carpi workout pants and a sports bra) and wait to get into hair and makeup.  I was the 2^nd person to arrive, yet 6 people later they put me in hair and makeup (ab models had to go first).  I met some really cool people and made some great friends which helped the hours pass by with none of us being used.  Did I mention that they kept us in an non-heated room?!  Yep, 50 degrees was the room and it was 40 degrees outside, and the pool that a few people had to swim in was 30 degrees.  Eight and a half hours later after still not being used, they sent me off to work (since I was supposed to show up to close and I was told that the infomercial would only be until 4pm – it was now 6:30pm). 

As I get into my car to drive to work, I call my boss not feeling so well.  He tells me to go home and he’ll see me in the morning.  Not an hour later I was in my apartment throwing up and having massive chills (even with 3 layers of clothes, my boyfriends bathrobe, 2 extra blankets on my bed and a heating pad all after taking a hot shower).   I found out I had the beginning stages of hypothermia and that may have brought on the flu. 

I did not go into work Wednesday at all (so that was now two full days of no pay).  When I finally went in today, I had found out that they loved me for the Wii commercial and would have cast me, BUT they cancelled the commercial – story of my life!  I’ve been booked on five commercials and all five have fallen through.  I apparently am not meant to be on national television…

Good news – it’s Thursday evening and my bebe comes home sometime tomorrow!