A good friend gave me the best birthday gift I have ever received this year. On February 18th, He and I jumped out of an airplane at 11,000 feet. WE WENT SKY-DIVING!!! It was the peak experience of my life. Here is how it happens: You pay $220 for a full day of training. The training consists of being shown all the parachute gear and how it operates. Next, you are suspended from a parachute harness to …showed first 75 words of 1547 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1547 total…a few friends and I almost jumped when one of them was having his 40th birthday (the other friend said no one can turn 40 until they had sky-dived). That fell through, but my friend figured no one should turn 35 till they sky-dived. I told her afterwards I was overjoyed she didn't let me. What a wonderful experience. Oh, and one last thing: "If at first you don’t succeed, don’t try skydiving…" (just kidding).