u/Delicious-Signal-249

This year has been really hard, like I feel like I should quit hard. I got dropped by my LA agent along with losing my 17 year old dog in the same week. Didn’t book much last year either and auditions were slow. I was feeling so lost, so much so that I paid someone to get my fortune told so at least I know another career that will be better suited for me (it was fun but didn’t really help tbh because at the end of the day, acting will and is my forever dream)

Yesterday I got an audition for a small but important role for a SAG feature film. For the first time the breakdown was aligned including the physical descriptions (I’m SE Asian), and I get to show my range with the script, even with just one line. I taped and forget, didn’t think much of it and today, I received an email from my agent that I booked it and they said that the director really liked my reading. Took me 30 minutes to process and now I can’t stop crying in the best way possible because what?!! I don’t even know who the director is or the name talent attached, where this is gonna get screen or even if my scene will make it. But its going to be my first time in a SAG feature film, second union job after 5 years and first booking of the year!! Its true what they say, every no’s you get, the closer you are to your ‘YES’. By all means this might not change/boost my career, but its a sign that I should keep going. Hope anyone who’s reading this who’s been in a rut like me can keep on going too 💟

I think I had histamine poisoning and woke up in the middle of the night with really bad hives, went to urgent care in the morning, they prescribed me things but I think the pharmacies were closed during Mother’s Day, so I waited. It got better after taking benadryl and pepsin from the doctors and I was able to get some naps here and there.

In the evening I started feeling itchy again on my back, saw some clumps of hives, took benadryl and went to bed. Woke up in the middle of the night again to find the hives got bigger, waited another few hours and started feeling that sunburn pain and when I checked again, 100% of my back is covered with hives and more spots on my legs and glute area. 5am I panicked and I think my breathing felt heavier because of it so I woke my spouse and asked him to take me to the ER and they gave me steroids with pepsin and benadryl.

It was the first time this has happened to me. Normally I don’t have allergies. I’m fine now, hives still there but better. But looking back I feel like I could’ve waited a few more hours because I felt guilty now for spending our money at the ER. What would you have done in this situation?

Just received an audition for a non union short film that shoots in mid December. I feel like its too far ahead? There’s no sides either, they’re using a monologue from a play to audition. Feels like a red flag? Or is this normal?