rainin', rainin', rainin'

On Sat, I saw a thermometer and it said 91f. It had been hot and sticky all week and I thought hmm.. if this is how late May/ early June feels, what will it be like by Aug? A local told me that this was highly unusual weather and only 8 days a year get so hot. His words proved true as while I was standing his store chatting, the rains began and it has rained, rained, rained ever since. This morning all the storming provided a power outtage - so it was peeing by candlelight and cold cereal for breakfast! Now it's damp and chilly, but the cosy glow of electricity is back!!! I'm surprised that there is still water in the sky.

I may have failed to mention there is a beautiful lake here - in the early morning the mist rolls over it and with tree covered craggy peaks ringing it, I feel I've landed somewhere sub-tropical and mysterious.

We took a 40 min hike (all uphill!) last week and ended up at a beautiful lookout point where we were as high as the hawks who were circling us.

Next week - people are coming for a silent retreat and as staff, the invitation is to participate too - and if we want to talk - the only place we can do so is in our rooms. The guy leading the retreat spoke to us this morning and has really nice energy. Apparently, when a bunch of 30 or 50 people are doing silence together for long periods, two things can happen. 1 - People fall in love with other people in the room and build up magnificent fantasies about them, without ever having a conversation - the ultimate crush! 2 - people get super narky and write the retreat manager complaint letters about everything from "person X needs to comb their hair in a different style" to "my napkin wasn't properly folded" to "person Y put their fork down too loudly and that irritated me."

I'm wondering how it will differ from having laryngitis for 5 days! Probbaly more fun than laryngitis cos at least everyone else is in the same silent bubble as you !