Now Why Would I Want t To Sky Dive?

I don’t….No really, I don’t want to. I really, really, REALLY don’t want to. In fact I have never even thought about it. But here is my problem; my sister wants me to. Call it peer pressure, or sister pressure, or whatever, I don’t care. It is all the same. It is P-R-E-S-S-U-R-E!

My sister is turning 40 and her one last wish as a thirty something is to take me sky diving. Now let me explain. My sister was a born thrill seeker and I was NOT. It is of my opinion that; one, this is her attempt to kill me off so she assumes the youngest, most coveted position a sibling can hold, or two, she wants to thrust me to the thrill seeking side, just to see if she can and then enjoy every minute of my nervousness.

I am leaning toward options two because it is stated in my last will and testament that she would gain FULL custody of my children should I plunge to my death, and that would be a problem. So now all I am left with is the PRESSURE. To jump or not to jump, that is the question. I figured if I jump, I might as well get a victim of my own. So I talked my Father-in-law into taking the plunge with us!!


It is July 10, 2009, the day of the jump. We arrive at the Ogden Sky Diving Center at 3pm and by this time I was more excited than I was nervous, for now at least.
We are all scheduled together on the third flight of the day. They help us get ready and go over a few (and I mean few) instructions. By this time I really need to find a bathroom! We watch the first two groups come and go. And when I see this guy, who is a camera man, land I think I peed just a little. But it is our turn to go. We get in the plane and take off! It seemed like it took FOREVER to climb to 13,000 feet! My Father-in-Law is calm, and I am feeling pretty good, unlike my sister who was all thumbs up ready to rock and roll. I am second in line to jump and I am still thinking, ‘I can do this’. That is until my Father-in-law all of a sudden disappears out of the plane. All I can say is *%@*^%$! and I am strapped to a guy who is not going to give me the option to change my mind. So here we go!!!!! We free fall for about 50 seconds before our chute opens. This is our final destination. Watch out here we come!!! We are victorious!!!!!!!! Stace and I are feeling great, but notice my Father-in-law in the background. I don’t think he was feeling very good. In fact, when I asked him he said he was looking for RALPH, and I think he found him! ☺ I think we deserved these “diplomas”. In fact, I think mine is going into a frame! Mock me if you want (for those of you who have read my sister’s blog) but I don’t care. I DID IT!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday Sis! You got your Birthday wish!