Toronto was AMAZING! I love that city…though just like Chicago I have fallen in love with it yet haven’t gotten the chance to explore it because I was in and out…only there for a little over 24 hrs. My flight there was alright…it was a redeye and I got a bit of sleep.

I stayed at the Sheraton Centre and the best part about that was there was a HUGE fireworks show right outside my window! Right next to the Sheraton Centre, which is downtown, there is an ice skating rink outside…one of the most beautiful ones I’ve actually seen because they have a canopy of lights over it. I was told by a guy at the front desk that every Saturday night until New Year’s they do this big event there where they light up the huge Xmas tree, a big local band plays on this big stage, and they do a killer fireworks show. And since I was on the 21st floor I got the best view of the show! And it went on forever!!! It totally made my weekend!

Then my flight on Sunday was horrid! I flew from Toronto to Philadelphia, which was perfectly fine. The best part was that it was snowing when I left and we were on a really tiny plane so we had to walk out on the runway to board up the attached steps. So I got to stand in the snow while waiting to board the plane, which I loved every moment of! I think that’s the first time I’ve been standing in actual falling snow since I lived in Washington in 1994…everytime I’ve gone up to the snow to go snowboarding it’s never actually been snowing. It was a short flight…like flying from LA to Vegas…so that was good. I had a 2 1/2 hour layover so I ate and worked on some photos.

Then I got on my plane to LA which little did I know would I be on for over 7 HOURS!!! We were flying into a headwind the entire time which prevented us from going over 130 mph…so not only were we running late, but it depleted our fuel reserves so we had to stop in Vegas to re-fuel. Before this even happened I was feeling like it was the longest flight EVER!!! So to make it worse here we were landing in Vegas at about the time we were supposed to be landing in LA. We had to sit on the plane while they re-fueled which lasted a while…wasn’t as quick as I thought it would be. Then we finally took off and landed in LA. Luckily I was in the fifth row so I got the hell off the plane asap. And luck was on my side once again because my bag was one of the first ones to come out and the shuttle to my car arrived right as I got to the curb.

Didn’t get home until 10pm and I came home to my dog being sick. And I’m sick again too. And I have more traveling this week. See…my life isn’t all the glamorous! But at least I’m enjoying myself at my destinations and this week will be a ton of fun because tomorrow I’m going to see Tori Amos live in San Diego with Aria and Thursday I fly up to the bay area to shoot and to hang out with my best friend for her birthday! She still doesn’t know I’m coming…I can’t wait to surprise her!

So I’m going to have my laptop with me and hopefully I won’t be too much of a stranger! I’m going to try to post as much as I can right now because I have to go to the walk in clinic today for my throat and also go over to my grandfather’s to decorate the tree…he wants me to do it before I leave out of town. So I have a busy week ahead of me…

Love you guys!

xo
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