AHHHH!!!!
I went skydivinggggggg! finally! i wanted to on the week of my birthday... but really? it didn't matter as long as i got to go. so the week after my dad left, i finally got to do what i've been wanting to do forever.
there were only 5 of us that went but it was the perfect group.. everyone was so stoked to go and not the least bit nervous. or if they were i couldn't tell. we all arrived and i was expecting to watch this hour long instruction video telling us how dangerous it is and the proper form. it was about 5 minutes. after the video we literally signed our lives away. "skydiving is dangerous. do you agree to do it even though you may be injured or die?" .....YUP!
we waited around for about 2 1/2 hours, which was a lot longer than expected but its alright it was such a great setup wth a gret yard and the mountains out back. we played around on the indo board chilled with the dogs and watched little kids try to do handstands. perfect distractions to keep me from letting myself think of being scared. they started calling out the names of everyone in our group, everyone was getting paired up and strapped in.. except me. i had to wait till my guy got off a jump right before ours. before i knew it i was getting strapped in and walking out to the plane.
as we started to ascend, ill admit i started getting little butterflies.. partly because it was becoming real and partly because i didn't want to get motion sickness. as we started flying over the ocean all of a sudden the beautifully sunny day had turned into a sky covered in a wool blanket of grey. crap.
none of us knew what was going on, our guys kept taling to the pilot asking what the deal was. yes were going.
no were going back. okay were gona do it. shit we are going back.
beep beep beep. 5 minute warning.
all of a sudden i feel a little jerk from behind me and my guy is strapping himself to me. oh, okay so were going now?
we were all grinning ear to ear. after like a half hour of not knowing what was going on, it was happening.
i was second to jump. i see naomi get sucked out and before i know it im at the door looking at a bunch of clouds i hear
" look you can see my house from here!"
head first i go flipping through the CLOUDS! before we jumped i felt the freezing air hit my face, and that was my main concern "its cold", not im about to jump 10,000 ft in the air.
as we were flipping i could not stop screaming, i didnt even realize i was, you can't hear anything.
i felt a tap on my shoulder, it was time to free fall. i fell right through a dark grey rain cloud. it felt like thousands of tiny needle pricking my face. and it was even colder! before i knew it i was falling right towards the ocean, and i felt a jerk.
complete calm.
now i was floating over the ocean stil trying to grasp that i just flew from the sky. we started gliding towards the landing pad. i didn't want it to end. the mountains, the ocean, everything from that high up was the most peaceful thing i have experienced. all i could hear was the quiet whisper of the wind blowing past my ears.
it is unlike anything i have and most likely ever will experience in my life. truly a once in a lifetime experience that everyone needs to do.
i am so happy that i finally made it happen for me. i didn't want to wait for anyone else to make it happen because i WANTED it, i was hungry for the speed and the rush. life is what you make of it, whether you choose to do something or not, whether you say hi to the person next to you who could be your soulmate or not, so many choices so many opportunities. if you sit and wait for things to fall into your lap, your going to be sorry that you didn't jump out head first free falling into what comes next.
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