dreaming of the ocean!

dreaming of a land down under- June 2002
Great Barrier Reef- Cairns, Australia!!!
Pam, Karen, Moi! Dang do I miss this place. I looked
at pics tonight and got a little nostalgic. Wow, I can't wait for
the day that I get to go back to visit again... Memories-great memories:)
I can't wait till i have a real job and summers off and i may have a bit of
extra cash to travel!! Gots to use that passport up before it runs out.. yikes..

I jogged the Cherry Creek Sneak today with my roomie, Karie. It was a whole bunch of fun.
honestly i'm happy i finished 5 miles w/o breathing hard or really hurting. I haven't really run in forever. Back in March I did a 4miler but since then i haven't run too awful much because I started experiencing swelling and a few aches and pains.. blah..
However, this was a good start considering my marathon training starts this week. I was just trying to do build up the past few weeks and feel like i didn't accomplish much because i ended up taking like a week or a week and a half off.

i'm officially spent. I missed yet another concert tonight. I missed rusted root because of school and now i'm missing soul coughing tonight in fort Collins.. Oh well, really one a week a half of school and the semester is over. I can stay focused for that long.. i can i can! haha

i'm counting down the days to NY. I can't wait to see my sister's kids among a bunch of other things. It probably is going to be one of my best trips back home! :) yeah!

okay i'm so tired.. i'm actually going to call it a night.
Happy Week Everyone! muah!

i think..... i really miss NY... not specifically my home town, just NY in general.
that is all i have today.

Who sleeps? Why sleep?

No caffeine
no chocolate
reduce refined sugar
check email once, maybe twice a day

couldn't sleep again last night. I was up till 4am, got up at 7:45am. What is going on? you'd think with all the time I spend awake now i'd get something done but absolutely not! ahhhh.. so yeh i'm going on almost 4 hours of sleep today. heck, if my body gets used to that i'm going to have so much time to get stuff done. i'm done fighting it, i'm going to do whatever it wants to do.
anyway... i am hoping the above rules will help.
off to grease monkey, the spa, the coffee shop, work for about 6 hours, gym, library..
tooooddddddlllleeeesssss :)

Emotional Ringer...???

I LOVE Boulder!
not posting much because i'm heading out the door with sketch book in hand. I'm headed to boulder for the evening. I'm going to go play on the flat irons and then sit and do some work in a coffee shop. why boulder? you ask, especially because it is 6pm and I live in Denver.
I need out of the city. I need some tranquility.. I need to calm myself.
i'm not so much worked up but my school program and what to do with my life has me soo stressed at the moment that I can't think....my head has been hurting the last week..
I am very happy with everything that is going on. Very happy I have a million and one opportunities and that is what makes it hard. What have I got myself into...??? I was doing just fine when I was working at a job I hated and... going to school. My light at the end of the tunnel was finishing school. Now, I have a job I love and i'm just trying to finish the program so I have a degree; not necessarily to go into the field. Weird that something so simple is really a stresser. many people would die for my opportunity and believe you me i'm very very very thankful for it. It just makes it hard.
Anyway, it is raining. no it is pouring and i am loving the rain at this moment in time. I'm throwing on a jacket and walking out my door.
i'm unfreezing my gym account tomorrow and i'm going to take it easy with running till my foot gets better.. i'll make it through and everything will work out wonderful. I know it will..

Suddenly I see..

sunset at home on the lake in july (i miss it!)
this is what i want to be...

It is Thursday! One more week down. What am I doing? I am counting down days. I usually don't do this, I usually try to cherish each day as it comes. However, there seems to be bigger and better things in the future. I realized this morning I didn't feel like crawling out of bed because our apartment is sooooo freakin dirty. I can't take it anymore! It is just gross. I'm going to spend this weekend cleaning.....again...

the sun is shining. it is going to be a perfect day here today.. I tried to run this morning but my foot said "NO." I'm starting to get a bit frustrated but I guess that is life. I went to the school gym last night- it wasn't so bad but... i'm being picky. I was thinking about cancelling my gym membership to save the money monthly but I like the options of lots of locations and i like the variety of class times.. I need to start spinning classes again. I miss them and I still want to take salsa lessons. I'd like to do boxing too.. Liss-what class do you go to?

okay i'm off to nannying, then class, then a mtg. Should be back home around 9er!

Have a great day.
Heath

Happy Hump Day

I folks couple things real quick: It is HUMP day! yeh, almost over! we'll all make it to friday.

Second thing: it is Autism Awareness Month or Week.. eek i don't remember nonetheless be aware.

third thing: my run sucked today. excuse my mouth. how is it that i can go out one day and run 45 min. and have to stop myself because "it is not progressing slowly" and then i go out this morning and struggle with 20...ahhhhh.. my foot is killing me and i refuse to give up.
Liss- you might have gotten me addicted to a new website. I am mapping all my runs now, as of today..
check it out at:
http://profile.mapmyrun.com/heatherenos

Have a great day :)

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! Mine was fun. I went for a 40 min. jog in the am. the first 16 min. were slow, i mean turtle speed slow because i couldn't shake this pounding headache. so i got annoyed, walked for 5 min. then decided i'd do interval work. that helped me pick up the pace for the remaining for the run.
I then went to church by myself-which for some reason is always nice. I don't go to church on a regular basis but try to get it in every now and then.
Carmen had all us misfits that don't have family over for fondue! yummmm.... i actually made a dipping sauce! congrats me and i made this awesome tender ranch ckn. last night. don't ask me how cause i was doing laundry, watching a show with karie, talking on the phone and drinking wine all while i did it. it turned out better than when i try to put effort into cooking.. hmm weird.

I should be sleeping but of course i'm not, falling back into typical "Heather Style" procrastination, late nights and lots of running around like a chicken with my head cut off. Okay so really I used to be able to keep up with it but maybe not as much anymore. I think i'm not sleeping because i'm super excited. I'm going home again in three weeks.. three weeks can you believe it.. it will be my third trip home this year, okay technically my second but wow. i never get to see my family this much EVER... then I come back and have about 3-4 more weeks and then everything changes again.

I love change. So it is official so I guess I can announce it. I am moving in with Daniel. I'm uber excited. I really didn't think I could be this excited about something. I know, strange right? Especially since I haven't known him very long but.. it is so worth any risk it may be and what is even crazier is that normally i'd see this as a huge risk and I don't at all. Everything seems to just be falling into place effortlessly.

Now just get through the rest of this semester and i'll be set to go. I have really got to get in gear because I used to have great time management skills and now they seem to be just awful. Then again that could be because the window in my car fell all the way down into the door today.. yeh, lets talk about this folks.. don't buy a jetta or at least not a 2001 one.. Seriously... So we spent the evening taking my door apart... so i have to take it in first thing in the morning bright and early... eekkk.. i'll be carless tomorrow and that thought scares me.. i don't want to be carless, i'm one of those people who could never be carless... sad, huh?

oh well. off to type a paper and then maybe get a few hours of sleep tonight. g'night

Got Junk in your Trunk?

ha.. No friends, i'm not talking about our bums...although i do have a bit of ghetto junk back there. lol. i'm talking about the trunk of your car. you may be wondering why i am asking this question. well, that is because it was brought to my attention that what you have in the trunk of your car explains about bit about who you are as a person... now whatever there are a bunch of things out there like this but...
this is what is in my trunk: a small blanket or throw, a two person tent, a car kit (in case of an emer. and yes i've had to use it), a lacrosse stick, a pair of sneaks, a first aid bag with lax balls in it, a bag of my kiddos stuff for work, some board games (connect four, go fish, etc.), and a ball. hmm so what does that sy about me.. i'm active, or at least like to be, i like nature, obviously i don't want to grow up and i'm prepared. not too shabby... weird huh?
let me know what is in all of your trunks... see how it compares.

so last night was karie's birthday and it got a bit rowdy but i was home kinda early.. yeppers they started pulling out shots and i said g'bye.. I woke up this morning and had forgotten our porch was still covered in streamers and there is a fish hanging right above our steps (yes i have hit my head on it four times now).. At the bar my pictures would indicate there was some sort of licking contest going on GROSS.. i mean i like my tongue and i stick it out often but i never touch people's skin with it... That was another thing that sent me running straight for home- when K's boy licked my cheek.. i was a bit grossed out...uncalled for?! haha..

i am posting now cause i'm bored and have about 15 min. before i have to go meet someone to look at a house. yep folks, i'm moving once again.. be proud of me though. i averaged 9 months this time... wow... in the last year i only moved three times.. thats huge for me, considering i've been out here for not quite two years and i've moved a total of five times... yikes pikipes...

my training: yesterday i ran 21 min. and maybe about 2.4 miles... i know slow.. i'm trying but i didn't drink any water at all yesterday and i had to stop because i was getting dizzy and my tongue was literally stuck to the top of my mouth.. yeh folks, no water for a day at altitude really doesn't work for me..

well Hoppy Easter! I'm out! Last year at this time I was in Orlando florida getting sunburnt... (thats the pic above)

ps- my myspace page has been updated and the pic show rocks.. check it out: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=11694169

Life is fluid.

hiya folks.

I don't have much time to write or much to post except for something that i think is very important. This post is spurred from watching a friend dear to me wonder and worry. not that my philosophy is anything great but... it suits my fancy i guess.

life is fluid, you can't plan your life out; the best you can do is have hopes and dreams and go with the flow when things get in the way. If I had followed my plan when I was in high school, i would be living in my home town married, doing god only knows what... I don't know if i would be pursuing my masters degree or if it would be in the field that i am in now.
If i followed the plan i had throughout college, I would be working as a pharm. rep. making lots of dough and spending a lot of time in my car by myself, in fancy rest., and kissing doctor's bums.. now tell me do you think i would be happy? Probably not..
if my life would have gone as planned my senior year of college, i'd be in australia. I don't know what i would be doing if anything but bumming around. I might be traveling the world..
But none of those plans worked out and i'm fortunate enough to sit here and say they were all for the best. I know sometimes life throws you curve balls, puts you in a rut, or even may totally bring you down for a few, but then again life also throws pleasant surprises, wonderful moments, and puts big smiles on your face.
Therefore, what do you do with all of it? you "grin and bare it" so to speak. life is fluid and life is changing. The only thing constant about life is that nothing stays the same. I try to look back and say "that is where i was and that was great at the time and this is where i am now and for me this is even better" but sometimes it may not be better and that's when you just plug away and find things that may make it better.
we can't plan our lives all we can do is ride the rollercoaster through its ups and downs. i just hope you all experience more ups than downs....
hang in there--trust me everything truly does work out and everything happens for a reason. We are all stronger people because of our past struggles... and i wouldn't change any of mine for the world.
that is what i'm leaving you with this friday. have a great weekend!

Thursday already....gggeeezzzz

(miss ya Meesh...)

Where did this week go? wow, it is thursday already! Crazy how time flies sometimes.. The most valuable thing in life and it goes oh so quickily... yeepppssss peeps!

This morning: 25 min. jog, 25 min. walk, push-ups, sit-ups.. my abs are oh sooooo sore! it is GREAT!

Let's talk about this runner to jogger thing. I used to be a runner now I am a 'jogger.' Blah. Really though I don't have much room to complain, I should be thankful that I can walk and jog. It is the small things folks, the small things we all should be thankful about. I need to just remind myself every now and then.

Well let the festivities begin... Tonight after class starts OC dinner party at Amy's, probably a trip to Patrick Caroll's because Regis lax is over and the coaches are planning a get together (not that I am much of a coach up there anymore). Tomorrow night is Karie's birthday- HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY ROOMIE and then Saturday is Rusted Root at Copper....Lots to do..

Have a great weekend.. muah!

Don't mess with moi!

uh oh! I think my routine is coming back.... I went to bed around 11:30pm last night, maybe a bit later and woke right up this morning wide eyed and ready to go at 6:30am.... hooray! I went up to Regis got a lift in and a little bit of aerobic on the bike and then did some work up there.

Some wanna be security guard with a cocky attitude hassled me last night about being in the building after hours. Found out he wasn't on duty and don't know if he was a security guard at all. Let me tell ya what... they gave me a key to the entire building for a reason so i can do work when i want... that means i will do work when i want up there and after today i've got head of security on my side! i tell ya what i'm not a fighter but if you start something with me and keep it going i'll make sure i finish it... that is just the way i am folks..

okay off to run some errands and then to work... then school..then working out then school work.. time to go time to go time to go...

goal- drop 15 lbs, get tone, and be in shape... summmmmmaaaa time is a fun time.. i think maybe i'll turn this into my training blog... ??

string cheese incident just released concert times at red rocks.. i've got to work on winning some tix!

no life until after finals

I am writing off having any sort of life until the second week of may. After class tonight I realized i'm learning what graduate school is all about. It is probably gonna be some late nights from here on out if i don't get my bum moving!
It is all good.. being busy keeps me out of trouble!

back on sched.

I post in blue tonight

Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect. Blue is strongly associated with tranquility and calmness. In heraldry, blue is used to symbolize piety and sincerity.

I am working on calming myself.. it is midnight, i should be asleep but the wheels in my head just keep turning. I'm trying oh so desperately to get myself back into a sleeping/waking schedule. I've struggled with this ever since my surgery in December. I royally messed my body up.. Anyway, I'm excited I start lifting again tomorrow a.m. I am soooo psyched. I tell ya there is a no slacking this time. it's time to get back in shape and get bathing suit ready.. There are some cute ones out there this season!

I've looked up a million places to camp this evening..while I should have been writing my assessment report... I've got the itch--here in Denver, i don't think spring exists we go straight from winter to summer. The past few days have been beautiful to say the least and we are in for 70 degrees and sunshine for the rest of the week! let the festivities begin.

Starting to put together my summer concert calendar. It starts with rusted root this weekend in Copper!! Yeah! Some of the lax crew from Regis is headed up and then of course there is Margs and Australia Mike and our neighbor Dean! Should be a good time, I may even get some spring boarding in...we'll see..

April 16th- Rusted Root @ Copper Mtn. - booked!
April 30th- Soul Coughing in Fort Collings- booked!
some to think about:
JUne 10- Big head Todd and the Monsters- Red Rocks
July 4th - Blues Travellers- Red Rocks
August 23rd- Ben Harper - Red Rocks

I've been checking out the hiking and camping book. I'm looking for some new and different places this summer- steamboat springs is def. on the list, along with some other places in Utah, and maybe New Mexico!

Summer ROCKS!!

Fulfilled

Hi Folks,

I don't know where to start, so much has changed in my life over the last two months. All I have to say is every single change has been for the better :)... yeh, I may be leaving the old heather for a bit, not much of it but a little. Suddenly, I don't want a packed schedule. I want to be able to think. For the past three years I've packed my schedule so full, so that I haven't had time to think. I guess maybe i've just made peace with that or....someone has snuck into my life and I want time to enjoy things. Yep, you read it right. Go ahead re-read the sentence, it is worth re-reading.. Someone has snuck into my life-when i least expected and yep....i'm in a relationship and so far so good... That's what Nashville was all about if you all are wondering.
Speaking of, lets talk about Nashville. There are so many highlights i'm not sure where to start: the park, fall creek falls, the tin angel, mountain bike racing, bbq, etc. You get the point, I had a wonderful time. Surprise, Surprise..I liked Nashville a lot and actually missed the humidity. It was sooo good for my skin.
Upon return to Denver, I was slapped in the face with work and even worse school work. I'm suddenly confused as to where I want my life to go. I love my job... LOVE my job.. now ya all know thats not a word i throw around lightly, which means i LOVE my job! Okay, so the thought of not doing it to return to school full time scares me... so i'm taking three classes this summer working about 25 hours a week, and then this fall i'm working about 30 hours a week and taking two maybe maybe three classes.. See... I've scheduled time to enjoy a little more!! yeah!
oh well.. anyway, the point of this entire blog i haven't been this happy with every aspect in my life.. There's always been something missing but nope nope not now.
I started my running training last week-- its slow, its short.... that kinda stinks but.. its better than nothing!
I start lifting on Monday.. fun 6:45am Mon, Wed, Fri. I CAN'T WAIT... no more chub rub for moi! haha
I think thats it.. my hair yes is still falling out but it is getting a bit better. my ears, well they ring maybe every other day--thats better than before. Four more weeks and my stress levels will be really low if any! I can make it..
i'll leave you with this song..
"don't fear your best friends,
because a best friend will never try to do you wrong.
don't fear your worst friends,
because they are just best friends that have done you wrong.
don't fear the night time
because monsters know your divine
don't feel the sunshine
cause everythings better in the summer time!!!!
and its never too late to start the day over!
never too late to pick up the phone and call
and its never too late to lay your head down on my shoulders
don't fear to walk slow
don't be a horse race, be a marathon
don't fear the long road
cause on the long road you have along time to sing a simple song!
don't fear your teachers
cause if you listen you can hear music in the school bell
don't fear your ownself
be a money to justify your worth
don't fear your family
because you chose them a long time before your birth"

I'm headed to Ny again soon! I can't wait. I am so excited and that is cause... I get to see someone again, I get to see my family, i get to see the babies, I get to see the wonderful place I grew up....

that's it i'm going outside for a walk! :) Peace!!

No Time AT ALL!

awwhhh, I really don't have time to blog but wanted to let ya all know I had a wonderful time in Tennesse... :) Couldn't have asked for anything better! My ears even stopped ringing for a few days :)

I will try to get some pictures posted soon.

Also, if you check out my yahoo pic site I have some up from my trip home the prev. weekend.

I hope you are all well..I am in over my head in school work and running on fumes.. 5 more weeks 5 more weeks..

tatas