Thoughts from the Airport

DIA...gate C39...here I am again. It's the DFW gate. I'm headed to Dallas then Houston for my good friend Liz's wedding. She is the first of 4 good college friends of mine getting married this year. FOUR. That, coupled with the fact that I'm turning 30 this year, makes me feel like an old maid. But mostly, I don't mind much. My life is pretty rockin'. I can't sit around thinking about what I don't have when I'm blessed with so much as it is.

My best Denver friend, Aly, is on her way out to Peru this week. I am sad. Denver is not gonna be the same without her. But I'll make it through. More Avett's: "Things change and get strange with the moving of time, it's happening right now to you." Here is a little video I made for her to highlight the fun times in the Mile High City.

Aly in Denver from Hub Productions on Vimeo.

The wifi at DIA kind of sucks. I'm trying to watch Food Inc. on pbs.com, but it's not buffering very well. The older I get, the more health conscience I become. In my younger years, I was "health conscience" in a "I want to be skinny" kind of way. So I ate a ton of fat free stuff...which I know now is all crap for your health. The word healthy has taken a different shape. I want to eat real, fresh, natural food. Not overly processed poison...even though that shit taste good and is easy to get. But I urge you to eat healthy is a real sense...no pesticides, hormones, preservatives, etc. Eat clean. Be healthy. Your body will thank you by performing and looking great.

Boarding.

Home. Home?

I just saw The Avett Brothers play 2 nights in a row in Boulder. Which was an absolute pleasure, as always. One thing is for certain: listening to them makes me want to move home. They have a lot of lyrics about family and missing their Carolina home while being on the road.

I've actually been thinking about Dallas a lot lately. I love Denver, but my life doesn't really work that well here. Do I have a ton of fun? Oh yes, indeed. Do I make much money? Oh no, not much at all. Is there any hope of that changing in the near future? I doubt it.

As much as I enjoy my life here, I don't feel secure in my life here. And it's been like this for well over a year. I'm going to Dallas next week and I'm gonna think and feel really hard about where my whereabouts should be.

"Changing the plans I've been setting on, scared by the way that my life is getting gone, [Texas] one day I'll, someday I'll come home. [Texas] one day I'll, someday I'll come home."

"Always remember, there is nothing worth sharing, like the love that let's us share our name."

"One foot in and one foot back, it don't pay to live like that. So I cut the ties and I jumped the tracks, for never to return."

Newness All Around

Hello faithful few followers! I have some things to tell you.

1- I'm still just completely over men and dating. So that last post wasn't as fleeting as you may have thought it was.

2- I am now HKC Certified! That means I can teach people to use kettlebells! I love this new job pursuit. For now, I am training out of my basement with 5 kettlebells. I have 6 clients and they seem to be loving it. I am too! I was worried I wouldn't like training, even with kettlebells, but that is not the case at all. It's AWESOME. After my first day of training, I couldn't even sleep...I just laid in bed thinking of how I can better explain technique to my clients. It's so satisfying and I am happy to be helping people get stronger, leaner and happier!

3- Next week I am headed to Monroe, Louisiana to be a part of a film crew that is documenting 12 year old Zach Bonner's philanthropic walk across the U.S. to raise money for, and awareness about, homeless youth in America. I will be working with a crew of 3 dudes shooting and editing webisodes and capturing footage to be used later in a documentary. Read more about Zach's 6-month journey at March Across America.

4- One of my best Denver friends is moving to Peru in 2 weeks! I am gonna miss Aly so much but I am so happy for her. I made a cameo in her announcement video. You can see that, and follow her journey, at Aly in Peru.