Heaven Can Wait

I will not be testing the reliability of a parachute for one more month. We drove up to the jump site (1 hour and 15 minutes away) just as a storm was moving in. They told us to watch the preparation video and if the storm moved on we'd gear up and go.

The storm lingered.

So, my date with destiny/fate/the "tandem master" is now scheduled for July 6.

Sigh.

I've already been planning this for about 4 months. I don't know if I can wait one more! Aargh!

Tomorrow we head off for Possum Kingdom Lake in West Texas. We're hoping the locale is decidedly more lovely than the name. Some friends have a house there so we're spending a few days relaxing with them, basking in the sun, and experiencing all that is Possum Kingdom.

I'm pretty sure there's classes there on skillfully playing dead.

Then we'll head to Okie land for a quick visit with other friends, along with some much needed authentic tex-mex.

While we're away Brooke and the wondermutt (who by the way has been able to be without her cone for several days. Hooray!) and wondermutt sidekick, Sadie will keep a watchful eye over our blessed domicile.

If possible, I'll post from the trip, but don't know about computer access before Oklahoma.

Apparently, possums are not big on the internet.

No splat...yet

Due to weather, my adventurous day has been postponed. We (I'm doing this with other crazy people from church) have rescheduled for late Saturday afternoon. However, the weather is still forecasting rainy, so I may get booted tomorrow as well.

Keep watching!

Free fallin'

Later this morning, I will willingly board an airplane, allow myself to be strapped to an individual I've just met, then together with said individual step from the door of that airplane at a height somewhere around 13,000 feet above the Utah Desert, and experience the glorious rush of almost 60 seconds of free fall towards the ever closing ground at a speed of about 120 mph, then feel the gentle tug as our parachute opens and we splendidly descend to the airport from whence we began our adventure.

Or, the chute doesn't open and I end up as a wet spot in the middle of the dry desert.

If you see a post later today, you'll know it was the former, not the latter.
It's gonna be stinkin' AWE-some!