I was in the library yesterday for almost 5 hours, I got a lot done and I wasn't even going crazy. But later that night when Scotty got home we went back to the library to do more homework. After about an hour I started to get a little stir crazy. I let my mind wander off my paper for a few minutes and one thing came to my mind, dolphins....

Five years ago this month my uncle Jon took me to Makua Valley on the other side of the island to swim with dolphins. I remember waking up really early to a rainy day, we rode the jet ski from the north side of the island around to the west. It took over an hour and it was not good weather. The rain hit my face like needles and I was just waiting for Jon to say it was time to turn back. But he never did. We kept going until we got there and as we got there the sun came up, it was beautiful. It was warm and the water was calm, after only a few minutes we saw them, hundreds of dolphins. We jumped in the water and started swimming with them. They welcomed us in the water, one of them kept bringing a plastic bag up to my face for me to throw to him. They swam around me and played with each other. I remember feeling so free, I couldn't think of anything else except for those dolphins. To this day I don't think my mind has ever been so clear. The sun light was perfect, Jon got amazing shots and I didn't want to get out of that water. Because on the way back I knew we would have to endure the storm once again. And we did. That feeling of peace and clarity didn't last long as we drove 40mph through the wind and rain but that memory popped into my head at just the right time cooped up in that library. I don't think Jon knew the effect that day would have on me and I didn't know he wouldn't be around just 4 months later but if he were here right now I would thank him again for giving me that experience before life started going so fast. I hadn't started college yet, I had my whole life in front of me and if I did it all again right now I don't think it would have the same effect.