A Blonde, a Brunette and a curly haired girl were in an airplane...

So, skydiving...basically the greatest thing ever.
Yes, yesterday was a glorious day, the sun was shining brightly, the birds were singing and I was free falling from 12,000ft. It had to be on of the most incredible experiences I've ever had. I can't say that I was particularly nervous at all, somehow, I managed to disconnect from what was going on. There was a point in the plane when we were strapped together, and i could feel his heart beating through teh harness, feel his chest rise and fall. I wondered how he felt about doing this. Was it old hat by now, or did he still feel the exhileration every time he jumped?One minute i was sitting with my legs dangling out of small plane and the next i was falling, wind whipping at my face as I plummeted earthward at 200 km/hr. I think i started laughing during free fall, but it was hard to tell because all I could hear was the rush of the wind. So here I was , far above the earth, strapped solidly to a man I had met 10 minutes previous, falling face first towards the earth. My question...How does one land a job like this.
It was the COOLEST thing i have ever done. It's very...dare I say ..spiritual, to be so free. So alone in the world with only the wind and the clouds and the earth below. falling...falling...falling...falling slower? Right! The parachute. After about 45 seconds of free fall we were at 5,000 ft. above the ground and the chute had to be pulled. Now i really started laughing. Laughing at the absurdity of the situation, at the exhilaration of have fallen so far, at...I'm not really sure what, but i was having fun.
On the parachute ride down, My Tandem Pro and I chatted about climbing and weather and all sorts of things. He asked me if I ever got nervous at heights climbing. I thought it was a bit of an ironic question to be asking seeing as I was currently 5000ft above the ground. He told me about someone he knew who recently fell climbing, and is now paralyzed. Our landing was smooth and despite being the first one out of the plane, I was not the first to touch down again. I was super pumped and wanted to go again.
Aleah had been fairly nervous the whole day. While we were taking off, my tandem guy actually leaned in and said "your friend looks pretty nervous...is she ok?" I looked over at Aleah a nd she was quite pale and nervy looking. I flashed her the OK sign and got no response. On the ground, i asked if she had fun. She said "well, that's one word for it."
So, $290NZ later, I have a free fall experiance and a new T-shirt. call it a success folks. Oh, and if i can land a job at a skydive place, um...sweet as?
The rest of the day was uneventful. It sort of felt like the world should have changed, but we arrived bcak at our hostel a couple hours later and it was same same.
Love you all,
Sydney :)