loraquilts Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Ooooooh, please say a prayer for me for Friday, 8/22/2014. It's my son's birthday (25) and he wants to go sky diving. That's not the scary part. The scary part is that he talked me into going with him! YIKES!!! I don't know if I'm really brave or really really stupid. Right now I'm thinking I have two days to live. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna sco Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 My daughter loved her sky diving experiences. Thank goodness she didn't tell me until after when she sent me the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachside Quilter Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Jump to it and enjoy your special day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Ooooo --- have fun and let us know how it went!!! You're being brave and I admire you for going. I wanted to sky dive in my 20's but always chickened out. Now in my 50's I'm to chicken to even consider it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Sky diving? Oh, that's INSANE!!! I'm not into heights but I can see how it would be a most awesome experience, and to share it with your son, you will have special memories of a lifetime doing this adventure with him. My daughter gave skydiving as a present to her now-husband back when he turned 21 -- they had been together since they were 14 and he had always wanted to go skydiving. He really enjoyed the experience, and she stayed on the ground! Where in the San Diego area will you be doing this? I used to live in El Cajon and in Lakeside when I was a kid. On occasion, a hand glider would land in the school yard at Hill Creek School. I imagine you will see some beautiful terrain while you are up in the air! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaSteller Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I hope you have the time of your life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 You're nutts! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loraquilts Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Ooooo --- have fun and let us know how it went!!! You're being brave and I admire you for going. I wanted to sky dive in my 20's but always chickened out. Now in my 50's I'm to chicken to even consider it! Well I just had my 52nd birthday on Monday (the 18th) and I too was too chicken to consider jumping out of a perfectly good plane. I mean what sane person does that? According to my son (Mr. Adventurous Spirit) lots of people. I asked him if he would mind if I just watched from the ground, then I tried to reason with him saying how dorky it would be to do this with his mom. He thought it would be totally cool to jump with his mom. His actual comment was something along the lines of "how many kids can say they have a mom that cool." So of course I said I'd go too. Now I'm getting nervous. He's even admitting to being a little nervous too. If you knew him, you'd know how rare that is. Tomorrow....eeeeeek. I just have to keep reminding myself to breathe --- in....out....slowly....in....out....repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 A Valium might be of help ... just saying! Good luck, report back so we know you landed safely Happy belated birthday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Tomorrow's the day! Can't wait to hear all about it! You son sounds like a great guy. What a great memory you two will have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW Quilter Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Lora That is awesome! I wish I was brave (or insane) enough to go skydiving! Enjoy the experience and good luck! Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marti10245 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Enjoy this experience with your son . But couldn't he have found something on the ground special to do with his Mom lol. I think you are very brave dear. If my son would have asked me to go sky diving, I'm afraid I would have asked him to think up something else to do lol. I'm anxious to hear how it went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 You are very brave, I am afraid of heights so I would never do this....let us know how it went..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiltGuy Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 I just can't mke myself give up a perfectly good airplane...otherwise I would do it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 Weeeelllllll,, how did it go????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loraquilts Posted August 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 Wahoooooooo!!!!! OMG. We did it. Aaaaaaaaa. It was exhilarating, what a complete rush. We did the indoor skydiving first. That was great. I would do that again in a heartbeat. It was fun and not scary at all. Loved it! Then we suited up to do the real thing. Aaaaaaa. I was excited, but a tad nervous. When we boarded the plane and starting climbing, I started getting more nervous. Then as the time got closer and closer, all I could think was "I can't believe I'm doing this. What was I thinking? How did I get talked into this. OMG, OMG, OMG!" Then it was time to jump (ok so my instructed had to do the jumping and drag me along. I wasn't doing that on my own). You can watch my video on youtube. Here's the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLOfdZdYFao if that doesn't work you can just search youtube for Lora Morrow skydive. You might want to fast forward through the first two minutes of commercial. It was an absolutely amazing and completely awesome experience -- one that I will remember for a looooooong time, but not one that I need to repeat any time soon. ; ) I'm really glad I shared this with my son. You can watch his video by searching youtube for Jeff Morrow skydive. If I knew how to post pictures here, I would post one of me free falling from 12,500 feet in the air (nearly two and a half miles above the ground). I have my answer though, this is TOTAL INSANITY!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 What an awesome video. Looks like you had a GREAT time! Now you have me thinking about doing this again, even "over fifty"! I'll have to watch the video of your son too. What a great memory for you two. Thanks for sharing your adventure!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Oh how I"d love to do that.. will settle for a zip line, though. Rita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Wow, that's incredible! Glad you had a great time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loraquilts Posted August 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Oh how I"d love to do that.. will settle for a zip line, though. Rita I would love to go zip-lining. Not sure I'm brave enough for that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Tree Tami Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Wow! I'm so impressed with your bravery. Not sure that I'd be willing to do that. Of course when I was 19 I desperately wanted to try out hang-gliding. Never did and now I have no desire to do that. But that indoor sky diving sounds like a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loraquilts Posted August 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Indoor skydiving was a blast. All the fun, none of the fear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted August 26, 2014 Report Share Posted August 26, 2014 Wow, that makes my hands sweat!!! So proud of you for doing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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