Muenkel 0 #1 May 24, 2003 I went out to Jumptown in Mass. today and signed up for AFF. It's about time...right? I will begin my ground school on June 6th. It's going to be a weekend progression because I don't have much vacation time at work accrued. What's really cool is the other 4 students signed up right now are all soldiers who just came back from Iraq!!! No, I don't feel at all inferior. Actually, I can't wait to meet them and thank them for the awesome job they did for our country. Now, I have to be honest, I am a bit nervous. In fact I am a lot nervous. It has been a looong time since I was last in the air. I could write a book about all the "what ifs". At the same time, I am really psyched and wish it was today. So if anyone wishes to share some words of encouragement while I mentally prepare, it would be most appreciated and may just earn you a beer. Thanks you knuckleheads, Chris BTW...Michele told me I was a cutie pie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katiebear21 0 #2 May 24, 2003 Good for you!!! It's totally normal to be nervous just listen to your instructors and you'll be good to go! June is right around the corner! Katie Get your PMS glass necklace here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #3 May 24, 2003 Dude...you'll be fine....As long as you don't do anything STUPID!!! Have fun!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katiebear21 0 #4 May 24, 2003 Quote Dude...you'll be fine....As long as you don't do anything STUPID!!! Have fun!!! Nice words of encouragement, Clay! Katie Get your PMS glass necklace here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #5 May 24, 2003 Dude...just gear up, take a deep breath and SHUT THE HELL UP AND JUMP!!!!! you'll be fine man. The Force will be with you.__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #6 May 24, 2003 Remember to focus on the Targeted Learning Objectives. On jump one, it's Pull On Time. Some students get preoccupied with the skills they will need to demonstrate later. Pass the TLO's and you pass the skydives. You better get your ass in gear if you want to get that A license before you're 40. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #7 May 25, 2003 Chris, You will do fine! Just relax and enjoy! Listen to me???? WTF? Now how do we earn that beer???? PS, you are a cutie pie, Michele was sober! Jan -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #8 May 25, 2003 Just say to yourself, "If CrazyIvan can do it, then I can do it." I mean, he's crazy and all, right? She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #9 May 25, 2003 It's about time! If you do well I'll allow you to have more dreams about me.Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #10 May 25, 2003 Holy crap, I forgot about that dream.You must not have been that good in it, 'Cakes.June 6th can't come fast enough. I'm going to do like Deuce said, only concentrate on altitude awareness and nothing else.And KatieBear, when I talk to these soldiers, is there anything you want kept secret?Lastly, it was CrazyIvan who has inspired me. After all he is crazy and he's doing it. How hard can it be?Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #11 May 25, 2003 Congrats! Don't forget to pull....... Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #12 May 25, 2003 Quote Congrats! Don't forget to pull....... I haven't forgotten to pull since I was 12.Wouldn't it be ironic if I forgot now?BTW, what is the signal for "you're pulling the wrong thing you asshole?"Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #13 May 25, 2003 LOL! You are bad!!!!Jan -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #14 May 25, 2003 Quote LOL! You are bad!!!! I've been studying at the University of Clay. I'm really dreading the required 9 credits of Sheep Love.Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #15 May 25, 2003 Hey Chris that's great news! Bout time!Advice? Don't go to the gym and muck up your shoulder again! Keep us posted... Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallinWoman 1 #16 May 25, 2003 It is natural to be nervous about getting back in the air....I am nervous myself....I have been sick for the past nine months....I may finally get back in the air tomorrow... You better believe that I am nervous. But in an excited kinda way. If I let the nerves win then I am a whuffo...and I SO don't want that! Go, refresh you rmemory, and jump! Be sure to tell us how things went! I know you will have a blast! ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #17 May 25, 2003 Quote Advice? Don't go to the gym and muck up your shoulder again! I promise I will try to stay lumpy this time.Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldnewbie 0 #18 May 25, 2003 Gosh Deuce, whats wrong with getting your A when your over 40?? lol I didn't get mine until I was 46. I think it would have been easier when i was 20!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #19 May 26, 2003 QuotePS, you are a cutie pie, Michele was sober! Thanks for that Jan...yes, I was sober, yes you are a cutie pie, and know what? You're gonna be just fine. Listen to Deuce (who is a cutie pie too)...follow your JMs instructions, and you will be just fine. It's all about the faith, my friend, the faith and the desire to reach past your limits and see what else is real...maybe not tangible, maybe not easily acheived, but real, and special and amazing. Hugs, cutie Chris!!! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #20 May 26, 2003 Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #21 May 26, 2003 Quote I promise I will try to stay lumpy this time. You're already a cutiepie, so you don't need to go to the gym. Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jessd 0 #22 May 26, 2003 You're going to have a blast. The instructors are great. I still have not been back to jump since I did my first 3 levels. I am hoping to get back there this weekend or the weekend after. It will be good to meet you. "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #23 May 27, 2003 Hey folks, I just received an email from Chris Civie, an aff instructor at Jumptown. He included this quote that was said to him when he was starting out. I believe there is a lot of wisdom in it and thought I'd share it with the rest of you. "...You have to re-align your thinking that it is okay to jump from a plane. Just keep jumping and jumping until you realize that it's okay to leave the door. " -- Paula Kingsbury Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #24 May 27, 2003 Quote I'm really dreading the required 9 credits of Sheep Love. Don't lie... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
