Goal #34

Goal #34: friends.

I have a busy week planned this week, but it's good stuff.  Movies, drinks, and food with friends every night.  So rather than stress about not accomplishing enough stuff, I'm just going to enjoy it.

Recap of goal #33: my new bike has not arrived yet, so I got a pass last week.  Whew!

Skydiving!

Earlier this summer, our climbing group decided we needed to get a little higher.  We went skydiving!

A few things:
1. You have to sign a million papers (thanks to those damn lawyers).
2. We had to wait around FOREVER for our turn (regular, non-tandem jumpers have priority), and we all had to go up on different planes.
3. There was never any doubt in my mind that I would do it.  I knew I would.
4. It was awesome!

Me and S, pre-jump

Practicing the "falling out of the plane" position with my instructor

 Our trusty (?) aircraft

It is hard to describe the sensation that I had when I got to the door of the plane (except that, given the quality of the plane, I may have been safer outside of it than inside).  My instructor gave me the signal.  The air rushed by and filled the plane and my ears.  The ground and the clouds were below me.  We rock forward, backward, and then I'm falling.  We're barreling towards the ground.  I checked the altimeter on my wrist, and my instructor gave me the next signal.  I grabbed at the rip cord, and the parachute was out.  We jerked to a near-stop, and everything went completely quiet.  The rushing air disappeared.  The image smoothed out, no longer jerking around as we rushed downwards.  We twisted and spun and fell through the clouds.

And all too soon, it was over.

Goal #33

Goal #33: my new bike!

I acquired a new bike while in Durango.  Now...where to keep it?

Recap of goal #32: not all the recipes got recycled, but a lot of them did.  I picked out a few that E recommended or that I just really have to try (chai ice cream!), but the rest are on their way to becoming pulp.

Goal #32

Goal #32: recycle.

Since I can seem to get around to organizing, I'm going to handle it a different way: recycling.  Seems like the greenest alternative.

Recap of goal #31: see above.

Summer Shakespeare

I have had a theater-heavy summer this year, mostly compliments of P and her Muny tickets.  But just because I haven't written about it, don't think that I didn't have my usual Shakespeare Festival outing with Grandpa and the crew.  E was even in town for it this year!

I packed up a picnic dinner in my little rolling cooler, including some delicious beers which E picked out while we were at The Wine Merchant.

The show was decent.  Not the best they've had in recent years, but a worthy way to spend three hours.  And I think it was the first time I had ever seen Antony and Cleopatra performed, so that's a win for sure!

Goal #31

Goal #31: recipes again?

I'm wondering if maybe I should just start giving myself two weeks for all my goals.  It just seems that things are going that way lately.

Recap of goal #30: I'm pretty sure I just addressed this....

Quote of the Day

'In most couples there is the person who wins and the person who doesn’t. The winner isn’t necessarily stronger or smarter or righter. The winner is the person who won’t give up, and the non-winner (“loser” is not the correct word for the person who does not win), at a certain point, realizes the battle is a silly one, and the spoils are not worth the extended warfare.'
  -- Heidi Julavits, The Folded Clock