Skydiving
Belize So Far
I feel the need to start to write about Belize lest I forget it. The sights, the sounds, the flavors! Our trip started off well enough, but quickly turned into a bit of a travel hassle. On Friday we flew from SFO to Miami, hopped a shuttle bus to our airport hotel, and had a … Continue reading
Our Friend the Sun
… is back in town this weekend. Despite an iffy forecast, yesterday’s weather turned out to be pretty good, so I headed up to Skydance. I got 4 jumps in fairly quickly, and spent the last couple hours just hanging out and chatting in the (not-too-cold) sun, drinking a tasty adult beverage (Captain Morgan Silver … Continue reading
The Last Decade
Yeah, yeah, I know everyone else is doing it, but I’m home, sick, and bored on New Year’s Day and it’s a new decade, so let’s look back at the last.
All Good Memories
Though I’ve enjoyed my time at the Skydive Arizona Holiday boogies in the past, each one has had some sort of bad memory associated with it. There was giving myself a concussion in 2005. Sean breaking his leg and two friends dying in 2006. Being sick in 2007. (We spent 2008 in ZHills, of course). … Continue reading
Four More Days …
… till our mini-vacation in Eloy. We’re heading down Christmas Eve (late in the day) and coming back early on the 29th (the dates are timed so that we could use free Southwest tickets without running afoul of blackout dates). We’ve rented a team room at the dropzone for the 24th-27th, and a hotel near … Continue reading
Weekends: Officially Too Short
Even though I had four days last weekend and two this one, I still feel like my weekends are way too short. But that’s not news – I’m sure most people do.
Breathe In, Breathe Out
By next Thursday I will have made three round trips to Southern California in just over a week. Our trip to Elsinore has been planned for a while (Sean’s going for the entire week for the wingsuit bigway event, I’m popping down just for the weekend). The work trips to Burbank (two days this week, … Continue reading
My 15 Minutes…
Below is a link to an ad that I did for Performance Designs, which makes my new canopy, the Pulse. It appeared in the October issue of Parachutist magazine, which is sent to all USPA members. ‘Twas a lot of fun to do and it’ll be interesting to see if it pops up in other … Continue reading
Out of Balance
I realize I haven’t blogged in a while, and I think today I diagnosed something of the malaise I’ve been feeling – I feel like right now my life is a little out of balance. Some of it is good, some bad, some just neutral, but things aren’t humming along like they had been and … Continue reading
Tuesday Update
Well, here we are and I’ve gone over a week without blogging. That week includes two days at the dropzone (Labor Day Monday, and the following Saturday) several days of work (yawn) and one day of being pretty darn lazy (Sunday). Last Saturday’s weather was nutty; with forecast blue skies but what turned out to … Continue reading