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My Weekend
Oct. 12th, 2008 09:40 amSo, how's your weekend been so far?
Me, I've been kind of busy, I guess. Rehearsed at home for a show that'll be happening in a couple of weeks, went out dancing, had lunch with a friend, went for a pretty car ride up a long corridor of trees with gorgeous leaves, went skydiving....
Yep.
Skydiving.
It was amazing.
Words can't describe the feeling of excitement and awe and spendor and delight and just sheer amazingness of it. I'd never done anything like it before, and so it was a tandem jump - me strapped to a much more experienced skydiver. Getting ready was the worst part; not in that it was scary at all, but in that the waiting was long and dull, and when we were finally getting geared up, there was much teasing by my jump partner about the fact that I was, in fact, almost too small to fit into the jump harness. But when we finally got jumpsuited and harnessed and helmeted and goggled and stuffed into the plane....
Wow. Just wow.
I kept thinking that I would be afraid, but I never quite made it there. I thought that when the door of the plane opened, I'd be afraid - but I wasn't. It felt like any other door. I thought that when we stood on the threshhold, ready to jump, I'd be afraid - but it was too fast, and too exciting. I thought that when we were plummeting in free fall I'd be afraid, but... all it was was awesome. (Did I mention that, since we weren't being videotaped, my jump partner let us do a triple flip on the way out of the plane? Awesome.) The rushing air and the utter freedom and the power and the air all around you.... I can understand how it can be utterly addictive.
And then the parachute opened, and suddenly we were just floating, and drifting gently through the sky. We played around a little, zooming in circles and then swinging lazily back and forth, just delighting in being up so high.
It ended way the heck too soon. And I'll admit it wasn't entirely perfect - as much as I tried to get my feet up for the landing, something went a little funny and I twisted my ankle, so I'm on sofa rest today trying to get it back in good shape before rehearsal tomorrow. But even with that, it was still one of the most fabulous experiences of my life.
I can't wait to do it again.....
Me, I've been kind of busy, I guess. Rehearsed at home for a show that'll be happening in a couple of weeks, went out dancing, had lunch with a friend, went for a pretty car ride up a long corridor of trees with gorgeous leaves, went skydiving....
Yep.
Skydiving.
It was amazing.
Words can't describe the feeling of excitement and awe and spendor and delight and just sheer amazingness of it. I'd never done anything like it before, and so it was a tandem jump - me strapped to a much more experienced skydiver. Getting ready was the worst part; not in that it was scary at all, but in that the waiting was long and dull, and when we were finally getting geared up, there was much teasing by my jump partner about the fact that I was, in fact, almost too small to fit into the jump harness. But when we finally got jumpsuited and harnessed and helmeted and goggled and stuffed into the plane....
Wow. Just wow.
I kept thinking that I would be afraid, but I never quite made it there. I thought that when the door of the plane opened, I'd be afraid - but I wasn't. It felt like any other door. I thought that when we stood on the threshhold, ready to jump, I'd be afraid - but it was too fast, and too exciting. I thought that when we were plummeting in free fall I'd be afraid, but... all it was was awesome. (Did I mention that, since we weren't being videotaped, my jump partner let us do a triple flip on the way out of the plane? Awesome.) The rushing air and the utter freedom and the power and the air all around you.... I can understand how it can be utterly addictive.
And then the parachute opened, and suddenly we were just floating, and drifting gently through the sky. We played around a little, zooming in circles and then swinging lazily back and forth, just delighting in being up so high.
It ended way the heck too soon. And I'll admit it wasn't entirely perfect - as much as I tried to get my feet up for the landing, something went a little funny and I twisted my ankle, so I'm on sofa rest today trying to get it back in good shape before rehearsal tomorrow. But even with that, it was still one of the most fabulous experiences of my life.
I can't wait to do it again.....
