Blog update

My life as of march 9th.
As of right now, I am the happiest I have ever been. I am soo excited for the next few months. Here is a quick rundown, of what is next for me. Graduation day grows closer and closer. I just bought my cap and gown, and ordered my announcements. Weird. I am working on my financial aid finalization. Loans are bad, but I haven’t taken too much out, only about 15,000 , so that’s about 10,000 below the average student. I should be able to repay those in about 10 years… hopefully sooner.
The other really exciting thing that happened most recently, Betsy came to MT. It was sooooo much fun. We had such a great time. We really are having a great time together. She got to meet my family. We had dinner with my parents on the Saturday she got here. That was fun. Then we went to classes most of the week. On the Friday before she left, we drove to Helena, and had dinner with my Mom, Dad, and Nick. It was a lot of fun. It was soo great to see her, its hard to be away, but we will make it. There are so many great things instore for us. I can’t wait to see what happens next. She just got confirmation she can graduate in December. SO… should be really exciting!!!
School is hard, but I just follow the “Finding Nemo” theme… Just keep swimming. I really have learned a lot, but its kinda hard to keep up. I will make it though. This weekend I have some serious paper revisions, but that’s all I have. Doc is gaining momentum. We are really getting started on shooting and blocking. There are about 3 shoots this weekend, I get to go to Butte next week, and then during spring break I get (GET) to go to Judith Gap, to shoot a story on the wind farm there. Great visuals, but I am finding it hard to shoot something that you can’t see… so I think the story is going to be mostly re-action to the wind, the propellers, the grass blowing and the gained energy from the wind. I think if I work hard, the piece can be really poetic, and hopefully the best I have shot thus far… kinda my swan song for my college career. The Department is doing great. We are kicking but in all kind of national awards. One of the kids in my class won a Hearst for a radio PKG based on our Meth story. I just got word I won 4 SPJ awards… Society of Professional Journalism. I received these for the Peter Pan and Meth PKG’s I shot and edited last year. 2 of the 4 are for photography, the other 2 are for News. I also was nominated for the Meth PKG in the BEA national awards. There is a group of students headed to Vegas next month to accept those BEA’s. I can’t go, I can’t afford it. I spent all of my money on my Europe Adventure, which begins on may 24th. I am going to London, Paris, and Amsterdam. I CAN’T wait. Its going to be great. It was kind of expensive, but I had saved some money from this summer, and also from the last 4 years. I really think its going to be great.
KPAX is great, a lot of changes going on there, we just got a new news car, a photographer quit, the Feb book is over, and I am getting ready to make my exit. I am going to be sad to no longer work there, but WFTV is going to be a great new chapter, and there is sooo much to learn and gain there. I CAN’T wait.
So that brings me to now, again. I am just hanging out, talking to Betsy, and working. Its all good here. I am going to enjoy the next few months, because after that, its going to be a whole a new completely different adventure.

I will link some pictures of the Betsy trip and some of the cool pics from around Missoula so far this winter.