Bluehair 0 #1 July 2, 2001 Here's the deal. Started jumping 4 years ago, fell in love with the sport but hated static line. So off i went to the states to do AFF. Had a ball. Spent the following year or so getting jumps out of our clubs cessnas and sneaking a few weekends in Eloy, Z-Hills and others when i could get the time off (i used to work for an airline..) Unfortunately after only 70 odd jumps and having just completed my Skydive-U course i was faced with the choice of giving it up or sacrificing it to get myself started up in my own home etc.. Reality sank in and the sadest day was when i stood there handing over my rig (my *first*, only, special rig!) for some much needed dosh. Cue three years later... Yaaaaaaeh things are much better now. My home is secure and i have set-up my own business. Things are slow but i ain't half as broke anymore. Wierd thing is i seem to be finding excuses for myself *not* to go down to the DZ?? No doubt i am nervous after a long break but i am freaking well *dreaming* about freefall lately... First post folks, guess i'm just hoping for a little encouragement/motivation to push me down the road and out the door this saturday...... Blue Skies all! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZBone 0 #2 July 2, 2001 Quoteguess i'm just hoping for a little encouragement/motivationHow about this:DOOR!!Ready, Set, GO!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #4 July 3, 2001 Welcome home!!!!!!!!!!!! ciel bleu-Michele Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #5 July 3, 2001 UHHH, blue sky, wind in your face, adrenalin rush, blissfull quiet under canopy.....what else is there to say.....get up thereMarc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeekStreak 0 #6 July 3, 2001 QuoteWierd thing is i seem to be finding excuses for myself *not* to go down to the DZWell, for one I would suggest that you stop doing that .Quotei am freaking well *dreaming* about freefall lately... Follow your dreams! Go make a jump and come back here and tell us all about it! 1111,GeekStreak Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #7 July 3, 2001 *Disclaimer - the feminine pronoun is used below because I'm assuming Bluehair is a guy. If not, please change all she's to he's. Thank you*The sky is waiting for you. She's been there waiting for three long years. She loves you. She wants you to come back home and visit her. She wants you to come and dance on the wind while she sits back and enjoys seeing you happy and whole again. Come back home, Bluehair. Come home soon.pull and flare,lisa----I don't think much, therefore I might not be Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZBone 0 #8 July 3, 2001 Girlfriend, you must be hanging around Michele over there, or maybe it's something in the water.Damned poetic that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pyke 0 #9 July 3, 2001 I know, geesh...someone's had too much Browning and Keating for us on the forum!good one though.Welcome back Bluehair...don't think about it...just do it. (that is what my dad is always telling me though, so it isn't any wonder I loved it when I jumped!)You'll remember why you did it the first time when you do it again!Kahurangi e Mahearangi,PykeNZPF A - 2584 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
what42 0 #10 July 3, 2001 Welcome back. May the blue skies welcome you home. It's great you're able to come back to this wonderful sport/life. There is nothing like it in this world. Or, at least, nothing like it on the ground. True bliss is found at 13,5.Wesley--I want to fly! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albatross 0 #11 July 3, 2001 Well, first of all welcome home. You must know that there are a few things in this world that are perfect and it is our right and duty to try to enjoy them all. First is the perfect beauty of the mist on an Irish hill side at dawn. Next is the dark color and taste of the perfect pint of Guiness on the bar. Last but not least is the feeling of the cool air as you fly free through the perfect blue sky. Be free enjoy the sky the earth and the beer.Ready, Set, GOOOOOOOAlbatross Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #12 July 3, 2001 Welcome Back. Read some of the posts here and you will se that we all have fears, but we face them to do something we truely love. Examine what is causing the fear, face it head on, and overcome it.Let us know how it goes. I promise when you leave that plane and feel the wind run it's fingers through your hair again you will wonder what took you so long to get back to what you love. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bluehair 0 #13 July 3, 2001 The sky is waiting for you. She's been there waiting for three long years. She loves you. She wants you to come back home and visit her. She wants you to come and dance on the wind while she sits back and enjoys seeing you happy and whole again.WOW skybytch talk about inspirational, nearly dumped my girlfriend when i read that!! (you were right about the guy thing).Thanks *everyone* for the thoughts.. much appreciated. I'd heading down on Saturday and will be back Sunday night.Will let ya'll know how it goes! :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #14 July 4, 2001 Since I started jumping 7 years ago, there've been a few times that my jumping slowed WAAAAAAAY down (after having a kid, preparing for medical school....blah, blah, blah) and every time, I come up with all kinds of reasons not to go jump. BUT....when I finally get my knees back into the breeze, I realize how uptight I was feeling before.....like needing to get into a serious new groove. Then I sink back into my skydiving ways and feel soooo much better...==B-DLindsey http://home.earthlink.net/~linzwalley"I live with fear and terror, but sometimes I leave him and go skydiving!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skystorm 0 #15 July 4, 2001 Go for it!!!!!!!You'll be great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
