"Heather, what have you been doing lately?"

Well, I'm glad you asked.

First things first, I am working on the best video project I have ever had the chance to work on. It is for a show that will air on National Geographic Channel in the Fall...there are 9 episodes scheduled to air. The show is called The Music Nomad and it follows host Jacob, a music producer and expert, around the world to expose the diversity of world music. The first 3 episodes were shot in India, the second 3 will be shot in Jamaica, and the final 3 will take place in the U.S. So far I have worked on one of the India episodes. The show is interesting, funny, shot beautifully and moves well. It is a huge honor to be an editor on it. I feel very fortunate to have met up with the guys who I am working with. Kelly and Rod...you guys rock!

Secondly, I started working as a Personal Trainer at 24 Hour Fitness about a month ago. I was so excited to begin this new line of work. Unfortunately, my enthusiasm has quickly faded. I do really enjoy training people, but the job is about so much more at 24. It's about numbers and selling and clocking in and clocking out and percentages and putting on a "face" and not really being a person but an employee number. It's so corporate. Too corporate. I forgot what it was like to work for "the man". I remember fully now. It knocks the wind out of me. It drains me. I'm not too sure how much longer I want to be there. Ideally, I would love to work in a small studio or do in-home training. I know I need some experience first, which is why (I keep telling myself) I am working at this huge, stupid gym. Some of my co-workers are cool, so at least I'm making new friends.

I moved this last week. Just from a basement in Golden to a basement in Lakewood. I am SO much happier with my current living situation. This new house has a lot of good vibes and energy...and no dogs. Not that I'm a dog-hater, but if I can choose between living with dogs or not, I'm choosing not. I am geographically closer to EVERYTHING I do on a regular basis. I can ride my bike to the gym. Love it. I think the old house had bad vibes to me. As you know from previous blogs, I was pretty homesick and depressed for about 2 months when I moved here. I feel good now; but those old feelings kind of hung out in the old house. It was so refreshing to be away from them. It feels like a new start and I needed that.

Summer is here and it is beautiful in CO. It has rained a lot lately, which makes everything a brilliant green. I fully intend on getting outside as much as possible for the next several months. It isn't humid here, unlike TX. What a wonderful thing!!! Dry heat!

I still have the boyfriend...which is sort of an amazing thing to me. This is by far the longest I've been in a relationship. We met over a year ago! Things are pretty good, not perfect, but I suppose no relationship is. Working on "us" is rewarding and provides quite a lot of life lessons.

So all in all, life is good in Denver. I am happy that I live here and look forward to what the future holds for me in this beautiful place.

An Old Poem with No Title

I wrote this when I was studying abroad in the Pacific Rim way back in 2001. I actually wrote a lot of poems then and most of them are pretty lame. But I actually like this one a lot.

I wait with yearning,
when will you arrive?
I sit alone
saving a seat by my side.

An hour has passed
and I still wait.
I glance at my watch;
why are you so late?

Now I am pacing,
biting my nails too.
My heart is in turmoil:
as per usual with you.

The night is gone
daylight creeps in.
I wipe away my tears
and I begin to grin.

I realize you were also waiting,
just in another place.
We'll figure it out some time,
but today was not our day.

Coming Soon...

a new blog...with full updates on all areas of my life...be excited...be VERY excited...

(but not too excited)

Courage Quote

"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear, the moving out against the resistance engendered by fear into the unknown and into the future."

- The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck

This book is amazing and I can't put it down. I urge you, take a risk this week...do something that scares you. Use your courage.