Amish in Squamish

The title is a little deceiving, as I did not see any Amish in Squamish, but I thought it would add a little interest to my travels for today, plus it rhymes! Squamish is a little village about an hour from Whistler, and they've got a Wal-Mart (which is the reason I journeyed down)!

It was more amusing than anything else to travel an hour by bus through some of the most incredible scenery of my life to arrive in at Wal-Mart in a little town surrounded by majestic mountains! Aside from Home Depot and a coffee shop, there really wasn't much around.

I had a couple different instances of self-discovery so far today.

One, I realized how my introversion/extroversion plays with my energy level. When I am tired, I prefer to be alone, and when I'm full of energy, I prefer to be around people because for me, people tend to drain my energy - especially people I've just met.

I've also potentially come to a mini career crisis. No need to fear, I'm not going to change my major to Accounting or anything drastic, but I am trying to sort out in my head if this is the type of media that I would like to pursue as a career. It is a lot of traveling around, staying in foreign places, and gaining all sorts of really amazing experiences, but part of me is also a bit of a homebody. Don't get me wrong, I love traveling and being independent, but there is a point when it's time to be home. Fortunately, I have not reached that point here yet - I'm only 1 week in! But I have a feeling that when my time here comes to an end, I will be ready to be back home. As far as film goes, I definitely prefer it to broadcast work (at least from the camera point of view), but because I haven't had an experience comparable to this one in the film world, I can't really compare it. What I do know is that I love to teach and would eventually love to teach film at a University. What happens before I get there, though, only the Lord knows. For now, I'm trying my best to live for Him and enjoy each place that He directs me.

On a more comedic note, I've realized how funny men are!

Usually, I walk around Whistler in my full uniform which is basically a ski suit - not the most flattering choice of attire in the world, but it keeps me warm, so I like it. Well, today was much warmer than usual (and sunny!), so I decided to wear jeans and the lighter uniform jacket which is more fitted than the big ski coat, and some more stylish boots than the heavy-duty snow boots. My hair was having one of it's better days, so I wore it down and put on just a little bit of makeup. I say all this because I was absolutely shocked to observe how many more people noticed me! All sorts of strange men were smiling at me, asking about how I was doing, much more than usual - one in particular even gave me a high-five! I just laughed at the whole situation and headed back to my room to put my marshmallow suit back on for tonight.