dove

I beg your pardon, but I do NOT smell like hot-dog! The water isn't already hot-dog flavored... it takes on the smell of the meat. And my meat smells like raspberries!!! Ah-hem. La la la.

Wow! I've been here for a year and a half... arrived right after my tandem in August 2000... and I finally just reached "old hand" status! If I don't start jumping again soon I will surpass my jump numbers!!!! Either that, or post less! Hmmmm, my hands don't LOOK old!

Everyone would be in love with me!!!!!

gimpy leg and all?!?!?!

That icon has never shown on my screen until now. Weird. That's why I was thinking maybe you have to go into the PM screen to activate, but that makes no sense either. Despite that, though... yes, I do feel stupid. And I thought you all hated me!

That is what I truly long to be.........

To anyone who's ever sent me a PM and wondered how I could be so RUDE to not respond... I just figured those darn things out now! And now I have a little letter flashing on my screen - but I've NEVER seen that before. I guess I had to go in there to activate it... but that doesn't seem right. Anyhow, if you PMd me I apologize for not answering you. apologetic dove

Yup! Stocked up on batteries last time they went on sale!!!!

Actually Clay - yes it does! And that is a wonderful place for it to be - one of my faves ! But I still miss being on top!

Hey - you added that "soo" in there! I am ALWAYS horny... I just have that added sky-horniness going on! What I really want is to be able to be back on top again - where I LOVE to be! ;-) But I'll have to wait a bit longer for that. Guess I'll just be at your whim....

Wheeee!!! Sounds like a fun diversion even if you're not skydiving!!! Or ESPECIALLY if you're not skydiving!

A bouncy-castle? What am I missing here?

OK - wanna know how bad I want to skydive? I have already SERIOUSLY considered the pillow option! Though I was thinking of putting a ton out there to land on. But who knows how my accuracy is after 2 months! Such an addict!

I want! I want! Did I forget to mention I'm horny?!?!?! Not unusually so - but combined with my overwhelming desire for airtime it is making me downright RANDY!! Here I am boys! Come and get it!!!!! Oh - be careful of my leg!!!

One of our DZO's still wears a knee brace and spent a long time sliding in on his ass intentionally. If you need to there is certainly no shame in it. Yeah - I hear ya. And I am fully prepared to do that. I will just wear my old trashy jumpsuit. Or hell - it's getting hot out anyhow. My summer jumpsuit is a tank and short-shorts. No one will notice the grass stains on that little green hawaiian print anyhow! But I figure if I keep away from the (oh-so-fun) high-speed approaches for a while I should be fine. I'd hate to bust my widdle ol' tailbone to protect my leg! dove

Nathan Be still my heart. dove *lub-dub, lub-dub*

Dammit Clay! Why couldn't you have posted that profound statement in January?!?!?!? And by the way, it's not the coming back from an injury that sucks... it's the getting one in the first place! So - you gonna catch me as I come out of the sky on my first jump back?

Both! Maybe even at the same time *wink, wink* I am a horny single girl... you figure it out!!! the LOVE dove! :)

Alex - Thanks! I can't wait! Who wants to take me for a ride my first time back?!?!?!?!? ;-) Nathan - what, are you crazy? Come back to our green grass, swaying palm trees and puffy cumulus clouds!!!! I thought you were there for good. You are moving again? Wow! Wherever you go there will be a cool dz nearby so we can get that rodeo dive out of the way!! Yup - lots o cool skydivers at Orange. I hope to visit there once or twice this summer. I also want to back to my old digs at Delmarva. Looks like I"ll be putting a lot of miles on my old Civic! Hopefully work'll pick up here and I can afford to go to Lost Prarie and go up north every once in a while. PLEASE keep in touch - you have my email. dove P.S. One more thing - I got my full flexibility back today. I can once again do the full splits. Yee-hah! Now I can go back to working on what I did that last jump - helicopters!

Hey Nathan! How're are things up there in Virginia? Hope you're loving your new home, job and dz. I had decided not to post about my recovery here since everyone seems so embroiled with all these other issues... it just didn't seem appropriate or important, but since you asked... My visit to the doc on Tuesday was AWESOME!!!!!!!!! It's been 6 weeks since the surgery (8 since the break) and I was in for my first set of follow up xrays. I was shocked to find out I have one screw front to back and another that goes all the way across the top of my tibia. It is so huge it looks like the screw from a door hinge! Oh my! (I have attached a picture I found online that looks just like my side-to-side screw... then add to that the other screw and a bone graft - yummy!) The doctor said the xrays look terrific. He was also completely blown away by my range of motion and ability to completely straighten my leg (he couldn't even squeeze his finger under it at all) And he was also quite pleased with my muscle tone and growth. Yippee Kay Yay! And if that wasn't enough to make me grin like a crazy woman... he knocked 2 weeks of my recovery time and says I can start walking in 4 weeks instead of 6... and he is a very strict doctor! I should write a book on healing cause I am a BADASS healer! His research assistant couldn't even find the fractures on my xray anymore and the compressed bone is... well, uncompressed! I am not moving my anticipated skydiving date forward though. Since that date is set in my head, it'll give me 2 more weeks to recover and get stronger. And I have already started looking into getting a big boat of a canopy to touch me down gently. Now... if I could only pick and choose who sits in front of me on the plane..... So if you're one of those people who thought I smiled too much already, you ain't seen nothin' yet! I have a perpetual grin and can't wait to get back in the air and play. But til then, I am getting stronger every day and adding tons of new exercises so when I start walking my leg will be able to support my weight. And I am going to the dz this weekend just to hang. We miss you down here! dove

What in the world did I miss?!?!?! Can someone please tell me what thread I need to read to figure out where all the feuding came from? My visits here lately have been brief with all my work and recovery. What's going on?!?! concerned dove

That's awesome! Boy - you must have gotten one hell of a severance package!!! I want to be laid off from YOUR job too!!! dove

I have to agree with Chromie on this one - make her laugh and apologize at the same time. It would work for me! dove

Hey darkzone! Wow - if you are this addicted to the sport when you feel like you aren't doing well, just think how awesome you are gonna feel when you nail it! Ah, bliss! I think the theme here is SMILE!!!!! Shit - you do this for FUN, right?!?!?!? No one ever said you have to look pretty to have a kick-ass time! So go out there with a friend or JM and make the ONLY goal of the jump a contest of who can smile bigger and goofier. Just grin like crazy at each other, make faces, stick out your tongue. See what happens! Betcha don't realize til you get down that you were looking RIGHT AT EACH OTHER the whole time - and to do that you won't be turning! Keep at it - we wouldn't let you go anyway!!!!! Yer stuck with us! Now smile and have fun, dammit! dove

slipped my mind that I could use my brain dove