I'm Such A Liar.

With all the hubbub this weekend, I all but forgot about my Pay It Forward contest.

So…for the big reveal (Oh, I so wish I could accompany these with pictures!):

1. Elephant ride in a Thai jungle. Check. (Taken on the same vacation we stayed in a Flo-tel. Yes, an electricity-free, floating hotel. It was fantastic - we slept outside on hammocks. Really, it was great.)

2. Skydiving over Hawaiian island. Check. Why wasn't I nervous? {This seemed to be the clincher for most of you - you couldn't FATHOM not being insanely nervous.} It happened SO FAST. One day beforehand, my roommate and I spontaneously decided to sign up online to go skydiving. Before that, I had never ONCE thought, "Oh, I'd love to go skydiving some day!" Within 24 hours, I was being shuttled in a van up to the North Shore of Oahu, signing a stack of papers - that all had "YOU MAY GET INJURED AND/OR DIE" printed in huge block letters across the bottom. Always nice, right?

We got to the site, watched a 10 minute safety video, and were quickly whisked away to be the first skydivers out of our group. I had hardly two seconds to think about what I was doing. We quickly suited up, literally ran and jumped into the back of a pickup truck, and were on the plane within 20 minutes of arriving at the site.

It started to rain on the landing field, so we circled around in the air - this was the first time I realized what I was doing. As we circled in the sky a couple thousand feet in the air, sitting on a bench in an airplane, tightly tied to a stranger (okay, my instructor. But still.)When the door slid open for the first jumpers, I grabbed my roommate: "What the HELL? We're jumping out of an AIRPLANE?! This is INSANE!" That was the entirety of my second thoughts.

My instructor even asked me if I'd want to do a back flip out the airplane - because I looked like I could handle it. So, there you have it. I flipped, fell through the air at an alarming rate, and took in the gorgeous sight - mountains, fields, and beaches. :)

3. Goodyear blimp. Never happened. True story – my dad DOES work for the company, but no blimp riding on my behalf ever occurred. :)

That means out of 14 of you - only TWO got it right.

Sooooo Tipp and Faith, email me your addresses to ashleymarie6 {at} gmail and I'll get your packages in the mail shortly! Congrats!

{Ring update: THERE IS NONE!! Y'all are MUCH more positive than I could ever be about this. I'm perusing Craigslist and praying the people listen to their consciences. Maybe looking at pawn shops? We'll see. I filed a report, rented a metal detector, and and throwing my hands up. Boo. Let's not talk about insurance, mmm kay? :) }