NewsFlash-----

Well I finally went skydiving at Skydive Dallas this past weekend. This was the skydive we did as a group awhile back. Half of my group got to dive and the others had to reschedule. Well, my time was last week June 11, 2005. When I got there, I felt anxious, scared, excited all rolled up in one. I got to the site which was about 1 hour and a half drive from Carrollton. They got me suited up, and was about to jump in 30 minutes. My instructor named Dave, explained that we will be jumping at about 14,500 ft and free falling at 125 mph. This made my heart beat a bit faster. When we were up, a lot of things was going thru my mind. I tell you when your faced with something like this you think of ALOT of things especially the people you care about. Before we jumped I said a little prayer which I always say when I go out surfing or do some crazy stuff "Lord, As always my life is in your hands." Anyways, I was the last one to jump out with my instructor. You know the moment I jumped out, the first thought that came to my mind is "OH! Crap I'm going to die. But once outside plummeting at 125mph everything is so small, I felt like I was flying, I even flew into a cloud and felt the moisture in my face and hands. It was cool outside. I was freefalling and it was caught on video. At about 60 second freefall, my instructor opened the parachute and I felt a sense of relief at this point I realize, that I'm going to live. He then let me try to steer the parachute left, right and slowing it down. Once we landed my legs felt weak, I guess its because its never use to be off the ground. Now, everytime I look up at the sky I get a chills on my back that I was up there and jumped. Alohaz---