The adrenaline rush that comes from the crashing of a roller coaster can never be matched. The anticipation as one slowly gets pulled to the top of a steep hill. You’re just sitting there, waiting for the plummet, waiting for the feeling of your stomach to fly into your throat.
While this adrenaline rush cannot be matched, the closest I have ever come was in Greece when I decided to go Cliff Jumping. I remember standing there, on the edge of the cliff, staring at the beautiful landscape in front of me. I clenched my toes and felt the loose pebbles and sand beneath my feet. I rubbed them back and forth, the roughness of the earth seemed to sooth me, ground me in a way. The wind was blowing in my hair, just a light breeze, and for just a moment I felt like I was on top of the world.
I took a deep breath, clenched my fists tight, and pushed that fear to the side. I walked away from the cliff’s edge, 10 ft or so. With each step I took there was a soft crunch in the sand beneath my feet. I wanted a running start. I wanted to push off and get as far away as possible from the cliff. I was ready. One step, crunch, two step, crunch. And then I started running, as fast as I could. The cliff’s edge got closer and closer with each second, and suddenly, I was leaping. I launched myself through the air into the crystal blue water below.
For what felt like minutes, I seemed to float through the air. My stomach was filled with butterflies. I was flying. Then, the watery surface below came crashing upon me. My stomach felt like it flew up into my throat as I fell. My adrenaline spiked as I felt myself fall. There was nothing around me, I was just falling.
My feet reached the surface below first. A sharp sting torpedoed up through the bottom of my feet all the way up to my ankles. Then, I was submerged. Disoriented for a second. Moments later when I realized I was okay, I kicked my feet as fast as I could, reaching, grasping at the surface above. I gasped as I reached the surface, and then threw my hands up in celebration and cheered.
Sasha, the small white doodle, is attentive and alert. She is curious, in that she will often focus on sniffing one thing for an extended period of time. She has small, dark brown eyes that hide her pupil’s size, and is prone to long naps on the couch. She will trot around my grandparents’ house with very faint tap tap taps. The large house must seem even larger for a 1-foot-tall dog like her.
Sophie, the large white mutt, is also attentive and alert. She is also curious, in that she is never able to pick just one thing to focus on, and must be everywhere and do everything all at once. She has large, light blue, alien-like eyes that reveal her crazed state through the size of her pupils, as clear as day. She is a light sleeper, getting woken by the smallest of movements. She will scurry through our house with her unmistakable “clampity clampity clamp.” The small house must seem smaller for a large dog like her.
Only one of these dogs is really meant to be on a lap, but they both insist on being there anyway.
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The adrenaline rush that comes from the crashing of a roller coaster can never be matched. The anticipation as one slowly gets pulled to the top of a steep hill. You’re just sitting there, waiting for the plummet, waiting for the feeling of your stomach to fly into your throat.
While this adrenaline rush cannot be matched, the closest I have ever come was in Greece when I decided to go Cliff Jumping. I remember standing there, on the edge of the cliff, staring at the beautiful landscape in front of me. I clenched my toes and felt the loose pebbles and sand beneath my feet. I rubbed them back and forth, the roughness of the earth seemed to sooth me, ground me in a way. The wind was blowing in my hair, just a light breeze, and for just a moment I felt like I was on top of the world.
I took a deep breath, clenched my fists tight, and pushed that fear to the side. I walked away from the cliff’s edge, 10 ft or so. With each step I took there was a soft crunch in the sand beneath my feet. I wanted a running start. I wanted to push off and get as far away as possible from the cliff. I was ready. One step, crunch, two step, crunch. And then I started running, as fast as I could. The cliff’s edge got closer and closer with each second, and suddenly, I was leaping. I launched myself through the air into the crystal blue water below.
For what felt like minutes, I seemed to float through the air. My stomach was filled with butterflies. I was flying. Then, the watery surface below came crashing upon me. My stomach felt like it flew up into my throat as I fell. My adrenaline spiked as I felt myself fall. There was nothing around me, I was just falling.
My feet reached the surface below first. A sharp sting torpedoed up through the bottom of my feet all the way up to my ankles. Then, I was submerged. Disoriented for a second. Moments later when I realized I was okay, I kicked my feet as fast as I could, reaching, grasping at the surface above. I gasped as I reached the surface, and then threw my hands up in celebration and cheered.
Sasha, the small white doodle, is attentive and alert. She is curious, in that she will often focus on sniffing one thing for an extended period of time. She has small, dark brown eyes that hide her pupil’s size, and is prone to long naps on the couch. She will trot around my grandparents’ house with very faint tap tap taps. The large house must seem even larger for a 1-foot-tall dog like her.
Sophie, the large white mutt, is also attentive and alert. She is also curious, in that she is never able to pick just one thing to focus on, and must be everywhere and do everything all at once. She has large, light blue, alien-like eyes that reveal her crazed state through the size of her pupils, as clear as day. She is a light sleeper, getting woken by the smallest of movements. She will scurry through our house with her unmistakable “clampity clampity clamp.” The small house must seem smaller for a large dog like her.
Only one of these dogs is really meant to be on a lap, but they both insist on being there anyway.