I could not be more excited about the next five days of my life. Two of my favorite things are colliding; vacation and making movies! Tonight, Shannon and I get on a plane bound for Indiana (my Hoosier state). We’ll be spending four well deserved relaxing days at my parents lake house. They just bought this place a little over a year ago and I am completely addicted to it. I used to love going to my grandma and grandpa’s lake as a kid, but I had forgotten how much I loved the atmosphere of it. I’ve been so stressed lately and working so hard that I desperately need the time away from my brain. Cruising around the lake with my family, my girl and a beer on a pontoon boat…that’s good for the soul. 

After that amazing four days of battery recharging goodness, we’ll be taking a little trip South where the Indianapolis International Film Festival will be screening my new feature film, Lo! This will be the most exciting screening yet for me, as my entire family will be there. I always get excited/nervous to show them my work. They are not generally exposed to independent film, so I do get a little scared they won’t know how to respond to it, but at the end of the demon filled day I know it is a great flick and they will enjoy the hell out of it.

I may not be a widely accepted and successful filmmaker, and I may still be eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches just to survive, but it’s small moments in time like these that make me feel like I have made it beyond the boundries people set up for happiness.

Much love

Travis

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