Thursday, September 6, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
SKYDIVING FOR THE FIRST TIME
WELL PAMELA AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT GOING SKYDIVING A FEW TIMES. AND SOMETIME AROUND THE FIRST OF AUGUST SHE ASKED ME IF I STILL WANTED TO GO. WELL I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO SKYDIVING SO OF COURSE I SAID YES I WANTED TO GO. AND FOR MY 40TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!
SO I CALLED SKYDIVE CITY AND GOT US BOOKED FOR AUGUST 30TH. FOUND OUT ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEEDED TO KNOW. IT WAS ON !!!
ODDLY ENOUGH I AM NOT FEELING THE SLIGHTEST BIT NERVOUS OR SCARED OR ANYTHING. WHATS WRONG WITH ME I WONDERED ? LOL YOU JUST SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO JUMP OUT OF AN AIRPLANE ???? LOL STILL NO NERVES.
WELL I HAD TO CALL SKYDIVE CITY ON THE 29TH TO GET EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY WITH PAYMENT AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF. I TALK TO THE GUY AND WAS FINE THREW THE WHOLE CONVERSATION UNTIL HE SAYS " OKAY WE WILL SEE YA'LL TOMORROW " ... INSTANTLY I FELT SICK TO MY STOMACH ... THEN CAME THE VOMITING AND THEN AGAIN ... GREAT NOW THE NERVES START .... OH GOSH WHAT AM I DOING ??? MY NERVES OBVIOUSLY CAN NOT HANDLE THIS .....
I MANAGED TO FEEL ILL THAT WHOLE AFTER NOON AND EVENING AND INTO THE NIGHT. BUT DETERMINATION WAS WINNING THIS BATTLE. I KNEW IF I GAVE IN I WOULD HATE MYSELF FOR NOT GOING. SO ON THE BIG GIRL PANTIES WENT AND OFF TO BED I WENT.
I WOKE UP BRIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AND TO MY OWN SURPRISE THERE WAS NO NERVOUSNESS AT ALL. ONLY EXCITEMENT THAT IS ALMOST OVERWHELMING TO THE POINT THAT I COULD HARDLY STAND IT. I ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT WAIT TO GO NOW !!!!
PAMELA GETS HERE AND SHE WAS JUST AS EXCITED AS I WAS. AND ALL I COULD THINK IS OMG WE ARE REALLY FIXIN TO GO THIS !!!!
WE GET ALL OF OUR STUFF TOGETHER , GET BABY COLIN IN THE CAR ( YES HE WENT WITH US CAUSE HIS MOMMA AND DADDY HAD TO WORK. SO HE GOT TO SPEND THE MORNING WITH GRANDPA AND GRAND-DAD AND GRANDMA SUSAN )AND OFF WE GO ON WHAT SEEMED TO BE THE LONGEST RIDE EVER ( AN HOUR AND A HALF-ISH ) TO ZEPHERHILLS. I SWEAR I DIDNT THINK WE WOULD EVER GET THERE.
WE PULL UP AT SKYDIVE CITY AND I FEEL AS IF IM GONNA EXPLODE WITH EXCITEMENT. WE GET INSIDE AND LET THEM KNOW WE WERE THERE AND THE LADY HANDS PAMELA AND I SOME PAPER WORK AND TELLS US TO READ IT ALL OVER AND INITIAL HERE AND THERE AND HERE AND THERE AND HERE AND THERE AND SIGN THE BOTTOM.
OKAY SO OFF WE GO TO THE PICNIC TABLE TO DO AS WE ARE TOLD.... ONLY WE DECIDED NOT TO READ IT. LOL I TOLD PAMELA " I AM NOT READING ALL OF THIS. IT WILL SCARE ME TO DEATH. SO SHHHHHHHHH DONT TELL ANYONE HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
WE TURN IT IN AND GO BACK OUTSIDE AND WITHIN MINUTES, JEFF FINDS PAMELA AND TELLS HER THAT SHE DREW THE SHORT STRAW AND GOT HIM FOR AN INSTRUCTOR. I SAID HMMMMMMMMMMMM ... SHORT STRAW HUH ??? WELL WHAT THAT MEANT WAS HE IS THE " ROOKIE " OF THE GROUP WITH ONLY 1600 JUMPS. LOL BUT REGARDLESS THE 2 OF THEM SEEM TO HIT IT OFF PRETTY WELL. HE WAS GOOD FOR PAMELA WITH THIS JOKING CAREFREE MANOR.
AS SHE IS GETTING SUITED UP IN HER " BARNEY " LOOKING SUIT AND WHILE HE WAS GOING OVER HER INSTRUCTIONS I HEAR " DEBI ? " I SAID " YES ??? " HE SAYS " MY NAME IS ARRON AND IM GOING TO BE YOUR INSTRUCTOR. " AFTER THE VERY SHORT " NICE TO MEET YOU ". I AM SUITED UP IN A BLUE JUMP SUIT AND WHISKED AWAY TO A BUILDING AWAY FROM EVERYONE ELSE. I ASKED ARRON IF SHAWN COULD COME IN AND HE SAYS AND I QUOTE " YEA IF HE DOESN'T DISTRACT ME FROM TRAINING ". NO SMILE NO NOTHING .... YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD BE SAYING TO MYSELF " WOW THIS IS GONNA BE FUN ( SARCASM INCERTED HERE )". BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I THOUGHT AT ALL. FOR SOME REASON I FOUND HIS STERN-NESS TO BE COMFORTING TO ME. I FELT VERY COMFORTABLE AND SAFE WITH HIM. AND THAT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOO IMPORTANT TO ME. YEP HE WAS THE RIGHT INSTRUCTOR FOR ME !!!!!
WE GET MY HARNESS ON AND GO OVER THE KNEES BENT ARMS BENT LIKE A FOOTBALL GOAL HEAD BACK THUMBS UP MEANS GOOD JOB 2 FINGERS OUT MEANS LEGS STRAIGHT AND TOES POINTED. OKAY GOOD NOW LETS GO HAVE SOME FUN HE SAYS WITH A SWEET SMILE PATS MY SHOULDER AND OUT THE DOOR WE GO.
I HAVE A FEW MINUTES WITH SHAWN , COLIN , DAD , SUSAN AND PAMELA BEFORE WE HEADED TO THE COVERED AREA THAT WE HAD TO GO TO BEFORE BOARDING THE PLANE. AND THOSE FEW MINUTES SEEMED LIKE SECONDS.
ARRON SAYS " LETS GO HAVE SOME FUN GIRL " AND I LOOKED AT SHAWN , SMILED SAID I LOVE YOU AND WALKED ON TO THE COVERED AREA. NO I DIDNT KISS HIM OR SAY BYE. I KNEW IF I DID I WOULD START TO FREAK OUT AND START TO CRY.
WE GET OUT TO THE COVERED AREA AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES. THEN ARRON SAYS " ITS TIMEEEEEEEEE". OKAY SELF ... HERE WE GO. YOU GOT THIS !!! I CANT BELIEVE I AM FIXIN TO DO SOMETHING I HAVE WAITED FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE MY WHOLE LIFE TO DO.... IM GOING SKYDIVING !!!!!
WE START WALKING TO THE PLANE AND I CAN HARDLY STAND IT. I AM SO EXCITED !!!
WE GET IN THE PLANE AND IRONICALLY HE HANDS ME A SEAT BELT. I COULDNT HELP BUT LAUGH AT THE SEAT BELT. LOL ALL I COULD THINK IS WE ARE JUMPING OUT OF A PLANE AND YOUR HANDING ME A SEAT BELT. THIS STUCK ME AS VERY FUNNY.
WE GET ALL " SEAT BELTED " IN AND THE PLANE STARTS MOVING. WELL LET ME JUST SAY I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAD SEAT BELTS. LOL THE PLANE SEEMED TO TAKE OFF WITH MUCH SPEED AND STRAIGHT UP. TO THE POINT THAT I HAD TO BRACE MYSELF WITH MY FEET TO KEEP FROM SLIDING OFF OF THE LITTLE BENCH THAT WE WERE SITTING ON. I HAVE NO IDEA IF WE WERE MOVING AS FAST AS IT FELT OR IF WE WERE GOING AS STRAIGHT UP AS IT FELT. BUT THATS MY STORY AND IM STICKING TO IT ( LAUGHING HERE ).
AS WE ARE GOING UP TO OUR DESTINATION OF 13,500 FEET THE MOOD IN THE PLANE WAS VERY LIGHT AND AND EVERYONE WAS JOKING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. IT WAS A VERY RELAXING RIDE UP.
THEN I FEEL ARRON START MESSING WITH MY HARNESS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE WAS AWKWARDLY CLOSE TO ME. LOL HE STARTS TIGHTENING THIS STRAP AND THAT STRAP TO THE POINT OF IT WAS GETTING HARD TO BREATH. NORMALLY I DONT THINK I WOULD BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS. LOL BUT I WAS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH HIM BEING THAT CLOSE AND MY STRAPS BEING THAT TIGHT.
OKAY HE SAYS " YOU READY ? " i LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER AND SAY " YES IM READY ". THEN WE DUCK WALK TO THE DOOR. OMG THIS VIEW IS INC READABLE !!!!! AND STILL NO FEAR AT ALL ... AS A MATTER OF FACT I DONT EVEN FEEL NERVOUS NOW. I FEEL SO AMAZINGLY CALM ....
( THE TOP PICTURE IS WHAT I SAW AS WE GOT TO THE DOOR )
OKAY ARMS CROSSED HEAD BACK .... OMG WE ARE OUT OF THE PLANE !!!! THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING I HAVE EVEN EXPERIENCED OR EVEN SEEN IN MY LIFE. WE ARE FREE FALLING FOR 60 SECONDS ... WE DO A TRIPLE SPIN AND I AM JUST IN AWE. SPEECHLESS ... WHAT CAN ONE SAY OTHER THAN WOW OR OMG !!!
THEN THE 60 SECONDS IS OVER AND ARRON PULLS THE PARACHUTE WITH NO WARNING. AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST MOST UNEXPECTED JERK I HAVE EVER FELT. LOL
WHEN THE PARACHUTE OPENED IT FELT LIKE WE STOPPED. THE LOUD SOUND OF THE WIND SO DEAFENING AT 120 PLUS MPH GONE. EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY SILENT. SO PEACEFUL. THE SIGHT OF EVERYTHING BELOW US WAS BREATH TAKING. I WAS IN COMPLETE AND UTTER AWE OF IT ALL.
IT WAS THE NEATEST THING TO BE ABOVE THE CLOUDS BUT TO GO THREW THEM WAS AWESOME !!!!
THEN I HEAR ARRON SAY " HERE HOLD ON TO THIS ". I LOOK AT WHAT HE IS HANDING ME AND REALIZED HE WAS HANDING ME THE PARACHUTE. HOLY COW !!! I TAKE THE HANDLES AND HE SAYS " PULL ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE. " I DID AND WE TURNED TO THE RIGHT. THEN HE SAYS " PULL ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE LEFT. " I DID AND YEP WE TURNED TO THE LEFT. THEN HE SAYS " WHILE HOLDING ONTO THE HANDLES LET YOUR ARMS GO ALL THE WAY UP. " I DID AND WE STOPPED ( IN MID AIR !!! ). AT LEAST THATS HOW IT FELT. HE TOLD ME THAT THATS HOW THEY SLOW DOWN THE PARACHUTE ( HOLDING YOUR ARMS STRAIGHT UP ).
THEN HE PROCEEDS TO TELL ME THAT HE IS GOING TO LOOSEN THE STRAPS TO PREPARE FOR LANDING .... OH GOSH IS ALL I COULD THINK. BUT IT WAS A SLIGHT GIVE AND THAT WAS OVER. NO BIG DEAL.
THEN WE WENT OVER THE LANDING. WHAT I NEEDED TO DO AND WHAT COULD / WOULD HAPPEN IF I DIDNT. SO AS WE ARE FLOATING THREW THE AIR WE ARE PRACTICING HOLDING LEGS UP ... HIGHER HIGHER HIGHER. THERE YOU GO THATS WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO. THEN HE SAYS " THERE IS A LOT OF WATER ON THE GROUND STILL SO WE ARE GONNA TRY TO DO A RUN IN BUT I HAVE A FEELING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SLIDE IN ON OUR BUTTS. " WELL WHAT IS ONE SUPPOSED TO SAY TO THIS ? LOL I SMILED AND SAID OKAY.
THEN I HEAR OKAY FEET AND KNEES UP UP UP THERE YOU GO YOU GOT IT.... HOLD IT HOLD IT HOLD IT .... LEAN BACK NOPE.... BUTTS IT IS.
WE LAND AND I SEE SHAWN AND COLIN AND DAD AND SUSAN WALKING TOWARDS US. AND IM THINKING OKAY THAT WAS TRULY AMAZING , AWESOME , BREATH TAKING , UNBELIEVABLE .... I HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN
I TURN AROUND JUST IN TIME TO SEE PAMELA LANDING. AND SHE IS HOLLERING !!! SHE OBVIOUSLY LOVED IT TOO !!! LOL
WE DISCUSS DOING THIS EVERY YEAR TO TWICE A YEAR. LOL YEP SHE TOO IS HOOKED.
WHEN I WATCHED PAMELA'S VIDEO BACK TO BACK WITH MINE I SAW 2 VERY DIFFERENT REACTIONS TO THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE. SHE WAS MORE " BOUNCY BUBBLY VOCAL " WITH THE WHOLE THING. WHILE I WAS MORE QUIET ABOUT THE WHOLE THING. AND I REALIZED MY "QUIETNESS" COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR NERVOUS OR NOT ENJOYING THE WHOLE THING. BUT IT WASNT THAT WAY AT ALL ... IT WAS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE. I WAS SO AWE STRUCK BY THE WHOLE THING !!! AS WE WERE GOING UP AND COMING DOWN I JUST WANTED TO SEE AND HEAR ( AND SOMETIMES NOT HEAR ANYTHING ) EVERYTHING. I DIDNT WANT TO MISS ANY OF IT. I JUST NEEDED TO SOAK IT ALL IN. I DIDNT / DONT EVER WANT TO FORGET ANYTHING ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE FROM MY FIRST SKYDIVE.(YES I DID SAY MY FIRST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS THE " FIRST " OF MANY TO COME. I CAN NOT WAIT TO GO AGAIN !!!) I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE EVERY BIT OF THIS WITH SHAWN AND WHILE FLOATING DOWN IT DAWNED ON ME THAT I COULDNT. FOR SOMEONE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THIS THEY TOO WOULD HAVE TO GO SKYDIVING. SO I NEED TO TAKE IT ALL IN AND REMEMBER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO SHARE AS MUCH OF THESE FEELING AS I COULD.
NOW ... TO MY AMAZING HUSBAND... THANK YOU FOR BEING SO WONDERFUL TO ME AND LOVING ME UNCONDITIONALLY LIKE YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY LONGEST , BIGGEST DREAMS ( BALLET & SKYDIVING )COME TRUE. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH !!! MORE THAN ANYTHING !!!! <3 <3 <3
TO MY SISTER IN LAW PAMELA... THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU !! THANK YOU FOR BEING THE DARE DEVIL YOU ARE BECOMING AND GOING SKYDIVING WITH ME THIS TIME AND MANY MORE TIMES TO COME. ;-) <3 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ME.
TO DAD AND SUSAN ... THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE !!! SUSAN IM SORRY IF OUR " STUPID " THINGS WE DO MAKE YOU NERVOUS. LOL THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE GIFT OF MY SECOND JUMP. I CANT WAIT TO GO AGAIN !!!! <3 <3
AND TO MY SWEET BABY COLIN ... I KNOW YOU WONT REMEMBER BEING THERE BUT I WILL REMEMBER YOU BEING THERE. I LOVE YOU TO PIECES MY LITTLE MAN !!!! <3 <3 <3
SO I CALLED SKYDIVE CITY AND GOT US BOOKED FOR AUGUST 30TH. FOUND OUT ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEEDED TO KNOW. IT WAS ON !!!
ODDLY ENOUGH I AM NOT FEELING THE SLIGHTEST BIT NERVOUS OR SCARED OR ANYTHING. WHATS WRONG WITH ME I WONDERED ? LOL YOU JUST SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO JUMP OUT OF AN AIRPLANE ???? LOL STILL NO NERVES.
WELL I HAD TO CALL SKYDIVE CITY ON THE 29TH TO GET EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY WITH PAYMENT AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF. I TALK TO THE GUY AND WAS FINE THREW THE WHOLE CONVERSATION UNTIL HE SAYS " OKAY WE WILL SEE YA'LL TOMORROW " ... INSTANTLY I FELT SICK TO MY STOMACH ... THEN CAME THE VOMITING AND THEN AGAIN ... GREAT NOW THE NERVES START .... OH GOSH WHAT AM I DOING ??? MY NERVES OBVIOUSLY CAN NOT HANDLE THIS .....
I MANAGED TO FEEL ILL THAT WHOLE AFTER NOON AND EVENING AND INTO THE NIGHT. BUT DETERMINATION WAS WINNING THIS BATTLE. I KNEW IF I GAVE IN I WOULD HATE MYSELF FOR NOT GOING. SO ON THE BIG GIRL PANTIES WENT AND OFF TO BED I WENT.
I WOKE UP BRIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AND TO MY OWN SURPRISE THERE WAS NO NERVOUSNESS AT ALL. ONLY EXCITEMENT THAT IS ALMOST OVERWHELMING TO THE POINT THAT I COULD HARDLY STAND IT. I ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT WAIT TO GO NOW !!!!
PAMELA GETS HERE AND SHE WAS JUST AS EXCITED AS I WAS. AND ALL I COULD THINK IS OMG WE ARE REALLY FIXIN TO GO THIS !!!!
WE GET ALL OF OUR STUFF TOGETHER , GET BABY COLIN IN THE CAR ( YES HE WENT WITH US CAUSE HIS MOMMA AND DADDY HAD TO WORK. SO HE GOT TO SPEND THE MORNING WITH GRANDPA AND GRAND-DAD AND GRANDMA SUSAN )AND OFF WE GO ON WHAT SEEMED TO BE THE LONGEST RIDE EVER ( AN HOUR AND A HALF-ISH ) TO ZEPHERHILLS. I SWEAR I DIDNT THINK WE WOULD EVER GET THERE.
WE PULL UP AT SKYDIVE CITY AND I FEEL AS IF IM GONNA EXPLODE WITH EXCITEMENT. WE GET INSIDE AND LET THEM KNOW WE WERE THERE AND THE LADY HANDS PAMELA AND I SOME PAPER WORK AND TELLS US TO READ IT ALL OVER AND INITIAL HERE AND THERE AND HERE AND THERE AND HERE AND THERE AND SIGN THE BOTTOM.
OKAY SO OFF WE GO TO THE PICNIC TABLE TO DO AS WE ARE TOLD.... ONLY WE DECIDED NOT TO READ IT. LOL I TOLD PAMELA " I AM NOT READING ALL OF THIS. IT WILL SCARE ME TO DEATH. SO SHHHHHHHHH DONT TELL ANYONE HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
WE TURN IT IN AND GO BACK OUTSIDE AND WITHIN MINUTES, JEFF FINDS PAMELA AND TELLS HER THAT SHE DREW THE SHORT STRAW AND GOT HIM FOR AN INSTRUCTOR. I SAID HMMMMMMMMMMMM ... SHORT STRAW HUH ??? WELL WHAT THAT MEANT WAS HE IS THE " ROOKIE " OF THE GROUP WITH ONLY 1600 JUMPS. LOL BUT REGARDLESS THE 2 OF THEM SEEM TO HIT IT OFF PRETTY WELL. HE WAS GOOD FOR PAMELA WITH THIS JOKING CAREFREE MANOR.
AS SHE IS GETTING SUITED UP IN HER " BARNEY " LOOKING SUIT AND WHILE HE WAS GOING OVER HER INSTRUCTIONS I HEAR " DEBI ? " I SAID " YES ??? " HE SAYS " MY NAME IS ARRON AND IM GOING TO BE YOUR INSTRUCTOR. " AFTER THE VERY SHORT " NICE TO MEET YOU ". I AM SUITED UP IN A BLUE JUMP SUIT AND WHISKED AWAY TO A BUILDING AWAY FROM EVERYONE ELSE. I ASKED ARRON IF SHAWN COULD COME IN AND HE SAYS AND I QUOTE " YEA IF HE DOESN'T DISTRACT ME FROM TRAINING ". NO SMILE NO NOTHING .... YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD BE SAYING TO MYSELF " WOW THIS IS GONNA BE FUN ( SARCASM INCERTED HERE )". BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I THOUGHT AT ALL. FOR SOME REASON I FOUND HIS STERN-NESS TO BE COMFORTING TO ME. I FELT VERY COMFORTABLE AND SAFE WITH HIM. AND THAT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOO IMPORTANT TO ME. YEP HE WAS THE RIGHT INSTRUCTOR FOR ME !!!!!
I HAVE A FEW MINUTES WITH SHAWN , COLIN , DAD , SUSAN AND PAMELA BEFORE WE HEADED TO THE COVERED AREA THAT WE HAD TO GO TO BEFORE BOARDING THE PLANE. AND THOSE FEW MINUTES SEEMED LIKE SECONDS.
ARRON SAYS " LETS GO HAVE SOME FUN GIRL " AND I LOOKED AT SHAWN , SMILED SAID I LOVE YOU AND WALKED ON TO THE COVERED AREA. NO I DIDNT KISS HIM OR SAY BYE. I KNEW IF I DID I WOULD START TO FREAK OUT AND START TO CRY.
WE START WALKING TO THE PLANE AND I CAN HARDLY STAND IT. I AM SO EXCITED !!!
WE GET IN THE PLANE AND IRONICALLY HE HANDS ME A SEAT BELT. I COULDNT HELP BUT LAUGH AT THE SEAT BELT. LOL ALL I COULD THINK IS WE ARE JUMPING OUT OF A PLANE AND YOUR HANDING ME A SEAT BELT. THIS STUCK ME AS VERY FUNNY.
WE GET ALL " SEAT BELTED " IN AND THE PLANE STARTS MOVING. WELL LET ME JUST SAY I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAD SEAT BELTS. LOL THE PLANE SEEMED TO TAKE OFF WITH MUCH SPEED AND STRAIGHT UP. TO THE POINT THAT I HAD TO BRACE MYSELF WITH MY FEET TO KEEP FROM SLIDING OFF OF THE LITTLE BENCH THAT WE WERE SITTING ON. I HAVE NO IDEA IF WE WERE MOVING AS FAST AS IT FELT OR IF WE WERE GOING AS STRAIGHT UP AS IT FELT. BUT THATS MY STORY AND IM STICKING TO IT ( LAUGHING HERE ).
THEN I FEEL ARRON START MESSING WITH MY HARNESS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE WAS AWKWARDLY CLOSE TO ME. LOL HE STARTS TIGHTENING THIS STRAP AND THAT STRAP TO THE POINT OF IT WAS GETTING HARD TO BREATH. NORMALLY I DONT THINK I WOULD BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS. LOL BUT I WAS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH HIM BEING THAT CLOSE AND MY STRAPS BEING THAT TIGHT.
OKAY HE SAYS " YOU READY ? " i LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER AND SAY " YES IM READY ". THEN WE DUCK WALK TO THE DOOR. OMG THIS VIEW IS INC READABLE !!!!! AND STILL NO FEAR AT ALL ... AS A MATTER OF FACT I DONT EVEN FEEL NERVOUS NOW. I FEEL SO AMAZINGLY CALM ....
OKAY ARMS CROSSED HEAD BACK .... OMG WE ARE OUT OF THE PLANE !!!! THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING I HAVE EVEN EXPERIENCED OR EVEN SEEN IN MY LIFE. WE ARE FREE FALLING FOR 60 SECONDS ... WE DO A TRIPLE SPIN AND I AM JUST IN AWE. SPEECHLESS ... WHAT CAN ONE SAY OTHER THAN WOW OR OMG !!!
THEN THE 60 SECONDS IS OVER AND ARRON PULLS THE PARACHUTE WITH NO WARNING. AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST MOST UNEXPECTED JERK I HAVE EVER FELT. LOL
WHEN THE PARACHUTE OPENED IT FELT LIKE WE STOPPED. THE LOUD SOUND OF THE WIND SO DEAFENING AT 120 PLUS MPH GONE. EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY SILENT. SO PEACEFUL. THE SIGHT OF EVERYTHING BELOW US WAS BREATH TAKING. I WAS IN COMPLETE AND UTTER AWE OF IT ALL.
THEN I HEAR ARRON SAY " HERE HOLD ON TO THIS ". I LOOK AT WHAT HE IS HANDING ME AND REALIZED HE WAS HANDING ME THE PARACHUTE. HOLY COW !!! I TAKE THE HANDLES AND HE SAYS " PULL ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE. " I DID AND WE TURNED TO THE RIGHT. THEN HE SAYS " PULL ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THE LEFT. " I DID AND YEP WE TURNED TO THE LEFT. THEN HE SAYS " WHILE HOLDING ONTO THE HANDLES LET YOUR ARMS GO ALL THE WAY UP. " I DID AND WE STOPPED ( IN MID AIR !!! ). AT LEAST THATS HOW IT FELT. HE TOLD ME THAT THATS HOW THEY SLOW DOWN THE PARACHUTE ( HOLDING YOUR ARMS STRAIGHT UP ).
THEN HE PROCEEDS TO TELL ME THAT HE IS GOING TO LOOSEN THE STRAPS TO PREPARE FOR LANDING .... OH GOSH IS ALL I COULD THINK. BUT IT WAS A SLIGHT GIVE AND THAT WAS OVER. NO BIG DEAL.
THEN WE WENT OVER THE LANDING. WHAT I NEEDED TO DO AND WHAT COULD / WOULD HAPPEN IF I DIDNT. SO AS WE ARE FLOATING THREW THE AIR WE ARE PRACTICING HOLDING LEGS UP ... HIGHER HIGHER HIGHER. THERE YOU GO THATS WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO. THEN HE SAYS " THERE IS A LOT OF WATER ON THE GROUND STILL SO WE ARE GONNA TRY TO DO A RUN IN BUT I HAVE A FEELING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SLIDE IN ON OUR BUTTS. " WELL WHAT IS ONE SUPPOSED TO SAY TO THIS ? LOL I SMILED AND SAID OKAY.
WE LAND AND I SEE SHAWN AND COLIN AND DAD AND SUSAN WALKING TOWARDS US. AND IM THINKING OKAY THAT WAS TRULY AMAZING , AWESOME , BREATH TAKING , UNBELIEVABLE .... I HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN
I TURN AROUND JUST IN TIME TO SEE PAMELA LANDING. AND SHE IS HOLLERING !!! SHE OBVIOUSLY LOVED IT TOO !!! LOL
WE DISCUSS DOING THIS EVERY YEAR TO TWICE A YEAR. LOL YEP SHE TOO IS HOOKED.
WHEN I WATCHED PAMELA'S VIDEO BACK TO BACK WITH MINE I SAW 2 VERY DIFFERENT REACTIONS TO THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE. SHE WAS MORE " BOUNCY BUBBLY VOCAL " WITH THE WHOLE THING. WHILE I WAS MORE QUIET ABOUT THE WHOLE THING. AND I REALIZED MY "QUIETNESS" COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR NERVOUS OR NOT ENJOYING THE WHOLE THING. BUT IT WASNT THAT WAY AT ALL ... IT WAS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE. I WAS SO AWE STRUCK BY THE WHOLE THING !!! AS WE WERE GOING UP AND COMING DOWN I JUST WANTED TO SEE AND HEAR ( AND SOMETIMES NOT HEAR ANYTHING ) EVERYTHING. I DIDNT WANT TO MISS ANY OF IT. I JUST NEEDED TO SOAK IT ALL IN. I DIDNT / DONT EVER WANT TO FORGET ANYTHING ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE FROM MY FIRST SKYDIVE.(YES I DID SAY MY FIRST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS THE " FIRST " OF MANY TO COME. I CAN NOT WAIT TO GO AGAIN !!!) I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE EVERY BIT OF THIS WITH SHAWN AND WHILE FLOATING DOWN IT DAWNED ON ME THAT I COULDNT. FOR SOMEONE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THIS THEY TOO WOULD HAVE TO GO SKYDIVING. SO I NEED TO TAKE IT ALL IN AND REMEMBER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO SHARE AS MUCH OF THESE FEELING AS I COULD.
NOW ... TO MY AMAZING HUSBAND... THANK YOU FOR BEING SO WONDERFUL TO ME AND LOVING ME UNCONDITIONALLY LIKE YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY LONGEST , BIGGEST DREAMS ( BALLET & SKYDIVING )COME TRUE. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH !!! MORE THAN ANYTHING !!!! <3 <3 <3
TO MY SISTER IN LAW PAMELA... THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU !! THANK YOU FOR BEING THE DARE DEVIL YOU ARE BECOMING AND GOING SKYDIVING WITH ME THIS TIME AND MANY MORE TIMES TO COME. ;-) <3 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ME.
TO DAD AND SUSAN ... THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE !!! SUSAN IM SORRY IF OUR " STUPID " THINGS WE DO MAKE YOU NERVOUS. LOL THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE GIFT OF MY SECOND JUMP. I CANT WAIT TO GO AGAIN !!!! <3 <3
AND TO MY SWEET BABY COLIN ... I KNOW YOU WONT REMEMBER BEING THERE BUT I WILL REMEMBER YOU BEING THERE. I LOVE YOU TO PIECES MY LITTLE MAN !!!! <3 <3 <3
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