back from Hawaii!

just got back from Hawaii last night :) I'm surprisingly glad to be home, but it was an amazing, amazing trip. geesh... so much. We went to waikiki and maui.. waikiki was cool but if you've never been, you don't expect to arrive in a city. It was awesome, but not what I'd pictured.. but Maui.... was amazing. we took a helicopter tour just me and my fam over the island. I have to admit I've never been that afraid of something in my life... yes, i'm a big baby, but it was crazy how scared I was.. literally crying before we took off. (im crazy, i know). once we were off and running it was the most fun, most incredible thing I've ever done, it was just the anticipation- i thought it'd be something it wasn't.. after doing it, i highly recommend it. then the day we got home from the trip, the DVD of the helicopter adventure arrived. i was like please, tell me they edited that horrific pathetic part in the beginning... but no, they didn't.. tears and all, right there, documented for eternity for my brother and sister to never forget. honestly it's kind of sad... but then it's hilarious. but that's how scared I was!! I knew we were being filmed but it kind of swallowed me up! but also a very good lesson, that nothing is ever gonna be what you think.. and there's no reason to be afraid of what you don't know.. or create it in your mind of just how bad you think it could be. being free of fear or just going past it even if it's there has got to be the best thing ever. fear is so confining... and uncomfortable. it's so freeing to move past it... even dismiss it, knowing there's something better on the other side. i hope i can do that more. gnight friends.