“How has it been?  Being at the center?”  Lydia asked after they placed their orders.

“I’m just happy to be back at there with the kids, I have a few grant proposals to write for the next fiscal year” Tina said excitedly but looked a little fearful at the same time.  “I’m so afraid of the amount of work that I have waiting for me, and Oscar, the guy that I’m taking his place, has been too busy tying up his own loose ends in the department.  It’s a good thing I used volunteer there.”

“Now you’re going to get paid to do what you love” Lydia smiled proudly at her sister.

“Yes” Tina replied as her excitement grew.  “What about you?”  She nodded toward her sister, “Are you getting paid to do what you love?”

“I love getting paid the big bucks to do what I do” Lydia admitted “and yes, I do love it.”  She chuckled then added “But if Dad had his way, I’d be up on Capitol Hill right now having an illicit affair with Senator Grisham.”

“Yeah” Tina laughed at the thought, “she’s hot.”

“Oh yeah” Lydia agreed “and so gay” they both laughed.

“What inspired you to get involved in the movie business?”  Tina picked up her cup of tea and took a sip.

“At first I wanted to be an actress, I got bit by the bug in high school theater stuff” Lydia told her, “I like putting on that proverbial mask, you know, being someone else but me.  But then I got to college and decided that I was better off behind the camera instead of in front of it.”

“Really” Tina was surprised “Was the camera making you nervous?”

“No” Lydia chuckled “it was the director of this short film I was in, he brutally told me that as an actor I really sucked” she laughed.

“What an asshole” Tina stopped laughing and felt sorry for her sister.

“No don’t blame him, he was right I did suck, but then I became more infatuated with the science of the business instead of the art.  It really worked out for the best.”  Lydia reassured Tina.