Operation Freefall

[elionwyr]

Details forthcoming, but the quote of the day came just after the freefall portion of my jump ended, when my instructor yelled into my ear, "I have had parapalegics do better jumps than you!"

I may need to have put on a t-shirt. Yes indeedy.




(Ironically, of the photos I have, only a few show me NOT in this legs-bent position, which..um..is what I believe was the position I was supposed to be in. Reasons for my looking to the side are forthcoming.)

(Photos of me vomiting are non-existent. For this, I am a very happy squirrel.)


However, my instructor landing on top of me after I twisted my ankle? Totally documented.


And here I am, holding up the wrong finger.
...No. No, really.

Summary: WOO I JUMPED! The actual jumping? Absolutely not a problem. I have apparently no problem with the idea of flinging myself from an airplane. There was a wild whoop of laughter, even!
Everything AFTER that? Yeeeeeah, not so good. So now I have to do it again to prove that I can do it well.

mewschangeling was AWESOME and FABULOUS and AMAZING and should make a career out of jumping from perfectly good airplanes.

contrary74 + LJless Charles + hughcasey + cypherindigo + trillsie + ticklygirl = INCREDIBLY generous friends for spending much of their Saturday with us! You guys humble me.

More later..now, fall down go boom.

Only this time, not on my ankle. Yowza.

Comments

[ysobelle.livejournal.com]

I am so, so proud of you! CONGRATULATIONS!

[s00j.livejournal.com]

WOOOOOOOO!!!

[cypherindigo.livejournal.com]

And you made it home safely!

How long did you have to wait until the winds died down enough to jump?

The puppy was very happy to see me when I got home to free her from the kitchen, and no she didn't leave me any presents.

Big HUGS!

[celtic_maenad]

let's attempt this again, shall we? (LJ decided I wasn't allowed to see any of it's pages there for a while)

You, my dear kick ass. Yay you for the jump! Hope your ankle heals quickly.

[maggiesox.livejournal.com]

I am INCREDIBLY proud of you. Good job, injuries aside.

[australian-joe.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about you and trying to figure the timezone conversion. HOLY MOLY! :)

GO YOU!!!!

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

The conga rats are dancing jumping out of perfectly good airplanes for you! =)

[eustaciavye.livejournal.com]

Congrats!!!

[ysengrin.livejournal.com]

Woot! Gratz!

[docorion.livejournal.com]

Outstanding! Congratulations-well done!

[amandakcampbell.livejournal.com]

AWESOME! :)

[themaskmaker.livejournal.com]

Hurray!

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

You are amazing.

Pain is temporary; memories last longer. That said, sorry about your ankle and I hope it feels better quickly.

Next step: tandem jump with shadesong! You guys totally should do that.

Again: you're amazing.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Meaning, you each jump with a jumper. There, that's a little clearer now.

[mooseloon.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[damiana-swan.livejournal.com]

Well done, congratulations!

I've been wanting to go skydiving for YEARS now, and my daughters made me promise to wait until they were grown.

The younger one turned 19 on Monday. I think I'm going to have to start planning this. :-D

[briansiano.livejournal.com]

I oughta skydive before I get worse things than a frozen shoulder. VERY inspiring, girl.

[elionwyr.livejournal.com]

I want to do it again so I can get it right. We should go together.

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Yay, go you!

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

You rock like an economy-sized Ronco Rocking Thing 4000®! *hugses*

[elionwyr.livejournal.com]

Economy sized!

I adore you.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Well done *hug*

[regalpewter.livejournal.com]

Bloody Wonderious!
Nice to see that things went well and that you are back on terra firma.
I want to caption the top one "Zombie Jumpmaster says: NOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM!"
Great job!
YIS,
WRI

[elionwyr.livejournal.com]

Thinking of him as a zombie absolutely enhances the experience, actually. :)

[regalpewter.livejournal.com]

I knew it would! ;)
YIS,
WRI

[crystalsage.livejournal.com]

I wish Icould have been there to see it. So proud of you babe! *hug*

[blubeagle.livejournal.com]

You rock, sweetie! Mwah.