From Brahma to Buddha, Spring 2008

I saw an ELEPHANT today!!! It was just hanging out on the streets and it had this long, squishy trunk which it tried to wrap around my hand. And when it felt up my face I thought it was going to suck me up with its trunk. It was sooo adorable. Mom, Dad, if you're reading this now you know what to get me as a welcome home present :D. I didn't ride the elephant though so I'm kinda disappointed, but I know we'll get to ride elephants is Jaipur so I'm super excited. YAY!!! Another thing that there's a lot of on the streets of Varanasi is cows. Cows and water buffalos. I tried to take a picture of me sitting on a water buffalo to show everyone back home but group Shanti people thought it was better if I didn't, so now I just have pictures of me standing next to water buffalos which aren't as exciting. Bollywood dance lessons are though. Or at least the one lesson we had was. it was fast paced and lively with lots of shimmy-ish moves and hand moving and body twisting. That and all the walking we're doing in India is making me lose weight. But no worries. To practice the Hindi spirit of harmony and balance I'm eating lots of yummy ice cream and potatoe foods (which is pretty much the only thing they use to cook with) so I'm re-gaining the weight I lose. If I keep eating this way I might get mistaken for just another cow or water buffalo on the streets. But hey, when in India do as the Romans did...adopt adapt adept. Ok it's getting late so I'l l just post again later. HariOm.
Oh, but before I forget...Note of AL!!!! ALOHA and NAMASTE. we're thinking of you daily here in india and sent splediferous supercalifragilisticexplialidocious thoughts your way. so if you are feeling better or felt super loved or happy recently that's because they reached you...:* muah....that was a kiss from all of us ...and this -> OxoXOXoxoXOxoOO is lots of hugs and kisses (BIG and small) to help you have a speedy recovery.
Note to parents. Those hugs and kisses were for you guys too cause I LOVE AND MISS YOU guys sO SO much.
(if any of the spelling is wrong..oooops :D) bye-bye