I’ll spare you the details of how I came across this video, but I will say, you won’t want to miss Jenn Field’s story on Coloradodaily.com tomorrow.

Journalism, like any other job, has it’s good days and bad. I like to think the reporters covering the camel jumping competition in Yemen were having a good day.

So far, I’ve been python hunting (see the photo below), seen President Obama speak, gone on a sunset cruise and rode on a 10-foot-tall swamp buggy through an 800-acre mud hole, all in the name of journalism.

It’s these adventures and the ones still to come that keep me in good spirits on days like today when I’m writing about CU-Boulder student who has leukemia.

As a campus reporter winter break, spring break and summer is quiet.

Some days are filled with scrambling around for a story or a source until the last minute. I often wonder ‘who’s reading this stuff’ as I look around the CU-Boulder campus and see a total of 3 people walking across the usually busy campus.

But today the break is relaxing. I’m sitting in the sun (attempting to tan my pasty white legs) near the fountains at the student center as I wait for an event to start.

Since I’m sure you’ll hear me complain about the lack of stories at some point over the next few months, I thought I’d share my happy summer mood first.

BE JEALOUS!

I’m a woman and as much as I hate to admit it, I can’t help being attracted to drama.

Exhibit A: I’m a journalist.

I have a love, hate relationship with the journalism industry.

I love the constant evolution. I hate that I frequently wonder if I’m going to lose my job.

I love learning about something new every day. I hate having 24 hours to become an expert in a topic that I’ve never paid attention to before that day.

I love the excitement. I hate the uncertainty.

My love affair with journalism is like any other love affair: it’s hot and cold and everything in between.

Despite my occasional doubts and journalism’s imperfections, I’m staying strong… for now.