Going home....wait....
Catherine says "Can
you stay....?"
Deep sleep, phone rings. It's Dez from ITV.
Doesn't he know it's 6 in the morning.Yeah yeah you want to hold us, yeah yeah
we'll stay if needed. Let me sleep!
In
a very rare event for me, I actually go back to sleep. I wake at 10a. Time to
get ready and go to the airport, but first and foremost, its time for some
Fellini's. Sergio and I head off at 11 and stop at Fellini's (my favorite pizza
place in the US). Phone again. This time it's Catherine from Atlantic. "Do you
guys want to stay and go to Baton Rouge for Belgium tv?" Sure, why the hell not.
Pizza arrives, Dez releases us. We are
on the road. Catherine is working on the logistics. I must thank her for her
hard work. She calls and ask if we are interested in staying until next Thursday
for Irish TV. Sure, why the hell not.
Sergio and I decide that a stop at
Target is in order. Need more clothes. So one stop and it's on the road again.
If nothing, we have done ALOT of driving. The search for a hotel somewhat near
Baton Rouge begins.
There's a hotel in
Hattiesburg, MS with no electricity. Nice and hot and stinky. No thanks...Im a
bit to spoiled from the Crowne Plaze I guess. We finally find a Holiday Inn
Express in Greenville, MS, only 299.6 miles from Baton Rouge. Sounds good (not
really but what are you going to do).
I won't bore you with the details, as
it would be alot of "I'm driving now. Lots of tree trucks on the road" or
"Sergio is driving now. Lots of electric trucks on the road". Suffice to say, we
drove for 9 1/2 hours and checked in to the HIE.
No more fall asleep and Johan from
Belgium TV calls and wakes me. Isn't it like 3am for him? Yeah, yeah got the
script. Yeah, yeah we'll be there at 9am. Back to
sleep.
Two more times Johan decides to
call. This guy never sleeps. He wants alot of different things, but doesn't seem
to understand that the reality of being in a hurricane zone. We'll get what we
can.
Sleeeep....
Posted: Fri - September 2, 2005 at 08:20 AM