mimi's island

11 out of 48 people whom i invited successfully followed through on their commitment to sky dive with me on sunday and not a single person regretted the experience because it was undoubtedly the most exhilirating experience we've all had. apparently being #s 91 - 103 on a given Sunday in May was not considered busy for the parachute center...as we had thought it was indeed a busy day. arriving there and seeing the operation while anticpating your turn eased the anxiety...there were groups going in and out repeatedly and none came out with looks of terror. the professionals were truly experienced and many were at the stunt-level of skydiving. it was jeffrey who had taken the first dive followed by me and exbf. the second group was hazel, jessy, kouchen, and danielle and finally the 3rd plane was paul, gracey, skip and norma. there is a lot of footage to add here as i am still compiling our breathtaking and proud moments but for now i must tell you about my tongue incident!
being the first to fall from 13,000...i was much more afraid when my moment came. it didn't help that my instructor was saracastic and found it utterly humourous to mess with my head...acting afraid and inexperienced and telling me he was just gonna push me out! but i bravely laughed it off everytime and frowned over to exbf from accross the narrow plane. his last set of instructions were to "look at the camera and stick your tongue out"....in my effort to follow instruction closely i didn't even think twice before proceeding to stick out my tongue out as i was exactly told. so there goes it....i stuck my tongue out as he told me even before i jumped and as i lept from the plane...only to provide much comic relief after and discovering he meant stick my tongue out as i was free falling to taunt the camera with playfulness! on the way down, which was about 2 miles in 60 seconds, my goggles were pressed up against my face that i could barely open my eyes. although i could see....i was mostly squinting! to add to my chagrin, the last frame on the dvd freezes on me and my lovely long tongue as i took my brave leap! i will do it again...and have learned many valuable lessons....to smile at the camera, loosen my goggles, stick my tongue at the right places, and not wear a scoop neck tank top. this was an instance indeed of where i am thankful for having little apples as opposed to watermelons...!