Wednesday, May 01, 2002
Today Erika made the big leap and bought herself "the package". That's film industry lingo for "buying all of the equipment I need for my job". Erika now has all of the equipment she needs to be a sound mixer.
This is a big step, as the cost involved in getting this equipment means that she will have to stop being a stay-at-home Mom and earn the $$$ to pay for it (I earn a decent living, but that cost is beyond what I can help cover). So there's no turning back now.
She still has all of her equipment for doing boom operator work if necessary, but the bigger bucks are in mixing/location sound. And besides, this is what she wants to do now. The only problem is that there are many more mixers out there than boom operators, so there's no guarantee of mixing work. She does have seniority working for her though, and I know her work is good (she has a very keen ear) so I don't doubt she will get work.
The real changes will be to home life. Vanessa and Annie will have to adjust to their Mother not being at home all of the time. A nanny is too expensive for our pockets at the moment, but we will have to find some sort of arrangement that looks after the kids while the both of us are away at work.
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