That's a wrap

So it's done; we wrapped production this morning at 5:30 am. Tonight was the wrap party, and after spending several hours surrounded by bowling balls and booze (you wouldn't have thought that would be a good combo, but there were no injuries and a good time was had by all)I had to call it a night. The drive home from Elyria was a blur, because moments after I got in my car I was overcome by this slightly surreal mixture of sadness and gratitude that I'm still sorting through.

On the one hand, I'm saddened that I won't be seeing a lot of these people ever again. There were many folks that I would have liked very much to have gotten to know better, but there simply wasn't time. I've also made a couple of new friends - people that I'm sure I'll keep in touch with even after the office is locked up and everybody has caught their flight home, or to their next job, or where ever their road is taking them.

And on the other hand, there is this certainty I have that spending so much time around so many talented people has pushed me to better my craft. You can not be in the company of so many amazing people and just be walking through it yourself - you have to do the absolute best that you can do, and more than that, you must do even better. It's very humbling, and at the same time very inspiring. And I don't think I could ever, in a thousand years and with all the words I've ever heard or read, thank those people enough for that.