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    Ok. I must be blind. I've followed the FAQs and perused the forums on how to add my avatar and I just don't see the option to do it. Any help would be appreciated.
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    Wife just reminded me that I have a $1500 reimbursement for my employer to cover my ridiculously high deductible. I never thought I'd be thankful for my back problems earlier this year!
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    Disney World next May.. won't have any vacation left. But, I'm off the entire week of Thanksgiving and two weeks of for Christmas. I thinking I can scrape some money up to finish at least by Christmas, if not Thanksgiving. I'm going to practice hard over the next two weeks and have my wife drill me with hand signals while arching on the living room floor... try to get as much of my reactions as second nature as possible.
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    Made my AFF1 jump yesterday and plan to go back in a couple of weeks for AFF2. The problem is that I have to drive 230 miles to the closest DZ and I'm worried that my learning will be inhibited by the infrequency of my jumps. My schedule is as follows. AFF2 and possible AFF3 by Dec 1, AFF4 in late December and AFF5, 6, and 7 in January assuming I pass on the first time. After that, I may only get up there once a month and may get in 2-5 jumps depending on finances and number of jumpers. Anyways, after reading though a lot of posts, I'm feeling a little discouraged. do you think this will be a reasonable schedule?
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    I'm 38 and have been wanting to jump for a long time. Finally went for a tandem last May and was hooked. Had some back problems that kept me from starting the AFF but finally overcame it and made my AFF1 jump yesterday. Planning on going back in 2-3 weeks for AFF2.
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    Made my AFF1 jump yesterday. 1st mistake was the exit count. I just couldn't seem to get my body out of the plane. When I left the plane, I wasn't arched and tumbled once... which was fun as heck to me. Got my wits about me and arched and my body snapped into the correct position. 2nd mistake was landing in the wrong direction. Initially, I was to land to the south and had rehearsed that in my mind. They changed the landing direction at the last minute. Once I pulled, I noticed several guys landing to the south so I stayed in their playground. Wasn't a big deal as there almost no wind, but I was disappointed in myself. The 3rd mistake I made was due to pride. My course instructor told me that I would flare too early because all students flare to early. I was determined not to flare too early so.... I flared too late. Slid in nicely on my butt though. Other than that, I did well and will do AFF2 in a couple of weeks.
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