Ridiculous!

The overwhelming feeling I've been having lately is, "This is ridiculous!" Occasionally it is replaced with a variation such as "This is just plain silly."

What is ridiculous or silly you might be asking?

Everything! That I get to be in such a beautiful place, in such a lovely house, with such a lovely bed and lake and car and birds and do things like spend my days at massage school, bike in the mountains, swim in stunning (stunning stunning stunning) lakes/resevoirs, go out on boats and all with such fun, neat, nice, friendly people (family, schoolmates, neighbors, and more!)

Yesterday I woke up at 5 and started biking in the early light before the actual sunrise. Heading back toward Lake Wildwood (where my abode is) I came up on Wildwood Ridge (a ridge above Lake Wildwood) just as the sun was lifting up over the mountains. The light was reflecting on the lake and all over the sky was pink.

That alone is enough for a great day.

But then I get to go to school where I spend the whole day getting massaged and giving massages. Well, not the WHOLE day. We did do some Tai Chi, meditation, discussion and such (I know, its pretty rough right?) But a good three hours of the day (at least, it was probably more like 4 hours) were allllll getting and giving massage.

Also enough on its own for a great day.

But then, I get out of school early, its about 100 degrees and I get to go to a resevoir to go swimming. And not just any old muddy hole but a gorgeous, big resevoir that is surrounded by big hills (what would pass as mountains in the northeast) and was so lovely and cool that I stayed cool throughout the evening.

Lovely lovely lovely. And I didn't even get into the fabulous dinner that my parents had made.

And what is this big Buddha all about? It is also crazy and ridiculous and was from the other big thing I was doing that was crazy and ridiculous (that bit about getting to play in India for so many weeks!) It is from a monestary up in Ladakh (the eastern part of Kashmir) that is pretty close to Tibet and actually seems more Tibetan than Indian.