Michele

Oh, Jan, beat me to it! LOL!!! Happy Birthday, Lisa darlin! Have many many more!!!

You guys are really great! Thanks so much for the birthday wishes and the smiles...had a great time yesterday (no jumping - weather was bizarre) and also had a wonderful time with family tonight.... I am blessed - great family, excellent friends, good food, good drinks - yeppers....all good! Thanks guys....

Hi, Chris...really glad you're o.k....I have a concern, however... Where the heck does "DON'T TURN AT 20-30 FEET" or "LAND OUT" come in there? How about taking a downwinder, even if it's hauling ass? Thanks for sharing your experience. And sorry if I come across harsh...but I am really getting sick of people turning low to avoid taking a downwind... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Lisa, I'll tell you what's not fair.... Says Mujie.... I need to be doing family stuff today. Yesterday was the only day (and my b'day) that I could jump for maybe the next 10 days....and it totally tanked. Even when the weather cleared around 3 and they started putting loads up, I decided against jumping because the winds were weird...gusts to 27. Nope, not for me. And then today is absolutely gorgeous. Bright blue, a little chilly for May in CA, but absolutely glorious.... So, Lisa, NOT FAIR is right....but at least you have today! I had a marvelous dinner "party", made some new friends, and it was actually a good day standing around and chatting in the rain. Pity I haven't touched the sky in a while...but maybe soon. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

As my 4 year old nephew would warble.... "Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

Additional from link.... Geesh, and it's my birthday! I have zero recollection of a Winter Weather Advisory/Storm Warning in May, for pete's sake.... Well, no matter...I have a dz to go to... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

What kind of martini's, hmmmmmmmmmm? I'll be bringing you Corona tomorrow (although I honestly can't remember what it's for....I'm old, ya know...) and a case of Heineken for the harness...I just have to dig out the icechest... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

That's my problem.... I've never walked and chewed gum at the same time. D'oh!!! All that money and time spent in canopy class wasted. A package of Bubbleyum and a decent pair of walking shoes would've cost less, and probably taught me farrrrrrr more! Shit. I have to go get some gum and practice walking. Think I can learn how by tomorrow morning? Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

How sweet are you? You write beautifully, and thanks for having the courage to write out your experience. I've seen you lurking, and wondered if we'd ever hear from you! So glad we did! Hey everyone...there's no competition, none at all! Zero. Zip! Zilch, nada! Vanilla - if you're out tomorrow, find me - yes, I know it's gonna rain, but still...there will be people there. I would adore sitting and chatting...and Yoyo is such a sweetheart, isn't he? Come on by tomorrow, girl! I'd adore meeting you! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

How sad... I'm sending prayers... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

I still can't quite wrap my head around it.....still sitting here grinning...and giggling... So everyone who knows the Cemans, and jumps with them, please, the next time you see them, go wrap your arms around them, hug them hard, and tell them "thanks"... and if you don't know them, find someone who does and get introduced. And then hug them! And yes, IceBreaker, I will enjoy jumping all the more for their generosity... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Jack and Lynn gave me The gift of flight and freedom Like birds, I will soar. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Lisa? Jack? Viking, I will be out on Saturday, my b'day...can't be there on Sunday, though. I am sure someone will get a photo of "Barney", though, and get it up here somehow... Kris, they are soooooooooooo special. I swear, it's amazing, and incredible, and wholly touching. I still, hours later, don't know what to say (even though I'm talking alot...) Jan, thanks, darlin....but no-where near deserving of this kind of gift. I feel like a million bucks, though. And honestly, I can't stop grinning. Know how hard it is to eat pasta and sauce while grinning like a chesire cat? Or drink a toast to Jack and Lynn? Stuff just drips down! And that, Eric, is something I dearly want to do. And buy them some beer. And hug them. Hard. And grin, grin, grin.... Wowwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Eddy, Know what? You're totally, absolutely exactly right. I don't know what to say. And that is a rarity for me... Jess, I am striking! Picture Norma Rae with a huge grin wearing an empty container and jumping up and down...... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Yessir, I do...and updated. And yes, they are!!! Man, I feel giddy! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Yes, Glen, that they do. They absolutely do. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Don't have a digital, Viking...nor a scanner. But maybe someone can take a snap of "Barney" (a clue to the color, Arthur!) and post it if I bring him to the DZ this weekend....which of course I will... Jack and Lynn, you are amazing people.....and words don't begin to touch how I feel right now.... Wendy, yes, truly wonderful. Bobsled, a case will be brought to the DZ and shared around. And when I finally meet Jack and Lynn, Guiness for him and wine for her....as much as they can hold... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

So how hard is it? I mean, it's a long day, I'm very tired. I've got a ton (yes, a ton!!!) of housework to do. Just came in from the office, and received a package there from two DZ.com'mers... So I sit here, crying, because I can't believe how blessed I am. Really, truly blessed. Not only do I skydive, dance through the sky and flirt with clouds, I get to play with friends in the same sky. And this place, DZ.com, man, this place has brought me so much....and makes me really understand how generous skydivers are. I'm so distracted right now, too. Dinner's been ready for about 10 minutes, and I've been sitting here, staring at the blank screen. So, I'm tired, I'm crying, and I wonder just how long I can sit here... typing with tears dripping cats crawling in and out of my lap they're sniffing wondering what Mom is wigging about wondering what Mom is wearing, for pete's sake Smoke curling from the ashtray, ice cubes clinking in the highball glass and I sit here........... How hard is it to tell someone you've never met that they have the largest most generous heart a lady could've ever imagined? Impossible How hard is it to thank someone from the bottom of your heart and the tip of your soul? Impossible How hard is it to tell someone how large the difference is that they've just made in your life, really and truly is? Impossible How hard is it to share the fullness of spirit? Impossible How hard is it to communicate how amazed am I that I am the recipient of this incredible gift? Impossible Simply impossible. Literally impossible. Utterly, totally impossible. So, as I sit here, in my new-to-me purple and green container which was given me by Jack and Lynn Ceman (jceman ), I wonder how, just how, I can effectively communicate my heartfelt and deepest appreciation and most inarticulate thanks.... The only thing which I can think of to say is ~~I love you two more than I can say. And thanks...for everything~~ Hugs, bluest ciels, and lots of love- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

We rawk the hay-ouseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Hugs to all the ladies! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

I honestly don't really know just yet...prolly not... Islandcool, I've funneled exits getting onto the plane (tripped and fell into the plane!)... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Too proud of you, girl! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!! Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Not a necessary evil...there will be tons of experienced people working hard. Far be it from me to: A) Hose a record attempt B) Create additional danger because I can't fly with the big dogs yet... I am still just a weaning pup...largest I've even been on, and it didn't build, was a 6way. It's a pity, but I had hoped to play with some of the guys I've met on-line...but if everyone will be busy on the attempt, I'll just cheerlead...I may go jump at Elsinore one of the days, so I can play too, but I will come cheerlead. Sometimes, knowing you're not ready for something and not creating additional danger is better than playing with your friends...(and as an aside, Phree, consider your experience and jump numbers compared to mine....). Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

And therein, friends and neighbors, lies the base difference between me and Glen... My first thought was "WTF are they? I am sooooooooooo not touching it..."...a little looking, a little logic (those "string thingies" were a dead giveaway...) and I was fine... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Put me on the cheerleading squad again, I guess.... Sigh... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~

Yes, I must eat. Likely lobster and filet mignon...or prime rib and scampi... Well, since I can't drink and drive, I guess I won't get to be Birthday after all...I shall immediately cease my monkeylip contortions. Which will, of course, greatly please my colleagues... Oh well, there's a vat of pudding in it for me anyhow... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~