The Day I tested Gravity

I am a lazy,non adventurous and non crazy person ,but it gets more than compensated by my adventurous better half, he is always on the look out for some crazy stuff to do .So I was not at all surprised when one day he announced his desire to jump out of the aircraft. I agreed to go with him and watch him from the "ground".But when we reached the sky diving place ,I surprised myself and registered to dive.I think it must have been the air,the colourful parachutes ,or the fearless divers.Something made we want to go crazy.
We were given a10 minute instruction on how to dive and land.Then we had to sign a dozen disclaimers for our life.List of things that could go wrong seemed endless,parachute not opening,improper landing etc..danger ranged from a scraped knee to lifelong paralysis.I was having second thoughts ,what if this was it ...my last day on earth.Too late for opting out ,it was one thing to decide not to jump,but to chicken out after paying the money,signing all these papers , honor was at stake.I hoped on to the aircraft, it was a 15 minute flight which took us to 13,000ft to the drop zone. I sat on the lap of my tandem instructor ,while he strapped me to his body.My mouth felt dry ,all I could manage was a nod and a very nervous smile to all his questions.Strapped together we moved towards the open door.Now I am standing at the edge of the door ,looking down ,I can only see the clouds and hear the countdown 1 ,2 3 and Juuuuuuuuuump. It was like being dropped into an bottomless hole..till now I am not sure whether I jumped or he had to push me .But there I was ,falling at the rate of 120 miles/hr racing down with a vengeance ,I felt like a bullet fired from a gun ,suddenly the pace slowed down and I was floating in the air.Instructor guided the parachute wonderfully I had most beautiful view.We glided for a while in the air taking in the spectacular view ,and after a while I gracefully landed on my bum.I loved the feel of the solid ground below.I was disoriented for a few minutes after landing ,but gained back my senses quickly. That was the amazing ,crazy 5 minutes of my life .And thanks to Mr hubby for that...and he says next in his list is bungee jumping. .and I say No way !!