hero points... so you get those when you're like... saving a dying animal?

So here i am in Surry, BC.

i've been away from home for 4 days now and i just wanted to share with you who read my personal blog a little of what is going on. well, let me start a little farther back... like say monday instead of tuesday. i was going i.n.s.a.n.e. on monday! i can't believe i ever thought of working 8 hours because when 5 o'clock rolled around i was so tempted to call out! i woke up early and finished some errands i needed to do before getting on the plane the next morning. then i got my hair done by the oh so fabulous karen! [ack! its amazing!] then i picked my twin up from work and had time just to... wow i totally just got distracted for like an hour looking at pictures i took tonight. but more on that later LOL. i only had time to grab a water bottle check my email and jet to the Galleria for a bride consult.

i got a *HUGE* surprise in my email inbox. like if im being 100% honest it was GOD huge. but at first i just freaked out because i thought something went wrong. i had a refund from paypal for $450. the second half of my IMAGINE intern program payment. i had to run out the door but i was like wtf... that can't be right... whats going on!? so i check my photography email account to find an email from Jamie saying that one of the interns wasn't going to be able to make it anymore and instead of taking a refund she decided to gift it to me because God had blessed her over and beyond the funds she needed to go. OMG! oommmggg... thats HUGE. thats $450 that i had put on my credit card that I had actually already mostly paid off because God had blessed me with some unexpected funds. HUGE! then i cried and continued on with my day.

tuesday i flew out and got to Canada around 4pm.. my flights were smooth and amazing. i finished almost a whole book. but i was extremely nervous [what else is new?]. and my nerves weren't really calmed on tuesday. there was alot of awkwardness getting to know the other girls. and not being starstruck in front of Jamie... and not having my phone as a comfort. We had good lessons though. We had to make something called a "brand board" which is supposed to be a graphic that reflects who we are so that we can define our brand after ourselves that way people can look at us and say oh. shes just like me i like her personality and her style i want *her* to take my pictures. this is my brand board. does it reflect me?



Then we had a lesson about our blogs and websites. Jamie showed us what she uses and how much she's invested to make her blog and website reflect who she is as a person. Exactally what i want to do. Only to find out that ShowIt an amazing photographer website building company is donating FREE websites to us as interns for a YEAR. as long as we get them up and running in the next 3 months. thats over $500 that i'm saving. i can't believe how blessed ive been. its like God has so had his hand in this trip and i can't even express how thankful i am for that.

Now that it's the close of friday the awkwardness has cleared up so much and im really having the most amazing time. Yesterday we shot each other for bio pictures which i of course was *totally* nervous for... of course. i still haven't see the pictures so im hoping that i dont completely hate them. and then tonight we had a session with the most adorable couple. seriously they were SO cute! and i just uploaded all of my pictures into a program ive never used before and i want to cry i'm so happy with them. i can't wait to come home and have sessions with you all using what i've learned!

i'm almost bursting at the seams with happiness right now. the only thing that could make life better is if my PPFLs were meeting me at home when i come back... but i still have to wait a little while for that. but i should go this is an insanely long blog and its taken me so many hours to write because i have gotten so distracted lol. goodnight! <3 <3 <3