Weird...

My school went on the first ski/snowboard trip to Mt. Baker on Monday. It was far more enjoyable than I anticipated. I was afraid that I'd have forgotten most of what I learned last year and the day would be rough, but that wasn't the case. =) It was awesome! A bit cold, perhaps, but we're on a mountain, so what do you expect? (It was also mostly my fault because I took off the inner liner of my ski jacket because it was restricting my movement and bugging me.)
This last weekend, we went to California to celebrate my dad's birthday. He's a surfer, and so even though it was positively frigid, we went surfing. (Though apparently there are many dedicated surfers who are willing to go surfing in 40 degree weather.) It wasn't too bad though, because I forgot how cold I was when I was too busy swimming for my life. =) I'm terrible at duck diving (shoving the board and yourself under the wave to get past it) and so I got knocked about quite a bit. The next day (Sunday) was far less rough and I managed to catch a couple of waves. Whilst I was waiting for a wave, I contemplated the oddity of the fact that the very next day at about that time, I would be snowboarding. Aircraft are not exactly a huge shock to us anymore. Yes, we look up and stare for a little bit when a plane flies overhead, but it's not "weird." I realized that it IS "weird." Lots of things are weird. It's weird that we walk into a building that is filled with food, wall to wall, and we don't even see where it comes from. It's weird that it's not a huge deal if I forget to print my homework before I come to school, I can go to Google Drive and get it off there (if I remember to store it there, that is). It's weird that I can talk to someone miles away at the push of a button (or a few, if you don't set up speed-dial). It's weird that I can type whatever I like into this page and anyone who is interested can read what I'm thinking right now. Lots of things are weird. And they're a lot cooler when you remember how weird they are. Think about that today, if you happen to have read this far into my post. Think about something you're doing today, driving, checking the time, closing a door, flushing a toilet, and think about how weird it is. Then be happy you're doing it. =)