"Where does the time go? (Does anyone know?)"

I'm so genuinely sorry for letting you down yesterday, there are some mitigating circumstances but I made a promise & I didn't deliver.
Sorry.

Ok, so the Whoo Hoo was directly relating to the bungee jump.

It was a truly fascinating experience.
I started getting a little scared when walking the half mile to the rugby club. More specifically, when I spied the crane jutting up into the beautiful sun-drenched blue sky.
And some intrepid hero bouncing up above the rooftops.
Reckless, Dream Girl & their brood were already there when The Boy & I arrived. As were Nice & Lil' Mum. It was a good opportunity to make the required introductions.
Without further ado, Reckless went for it. I kinda wanted to go first but he beat me to it.
I watched, awestruck & petrified, as my friend fell, bounced, fell again, bounced again & eventually got lowered back to terra firma.

So the time had come.
I was harnessed up & asked the standard questions: Are your pockets empty? Shoes on tight? Ready to meet your doom?
Into the cage I went. I gingerly admired the view of my crap little town & waved at my expectant audience as I ascended up to (about) 180 feet above the ground. The guys secured the cage & asked me to stand in the now open gateway.
"Put your right hand on your left shoulder"
"Ok"
"Now put your left hand on your right shoulder"
"Erm.."
This bit scared the bejesus out of me! Here I am with half the length of my feet over the edge of a very large drop & the guy's asking me to let go! He's having a laugh, right?
"It's ok" he said & as he did I realised he was holding my harness behind my back so I slowly released my grip on the cage.
"Ok I'm going to say 1,2,3, Bungee. When I say bungee you lean forward & off you go"
"Ok"
"1....2...."
At this point I was desperately hoping that the guy had forgotten how to count.
"3..."
Bugger.
"...Bungee!"

I leaned forward & fell.
For half a second I was mortified with fear as I plummeted toward the earth, the fear passed quickly & I felt euphoric for an instant before preparing myself for the bounce.
When it came it was alot more gentle than I'd prepared myself for. The next phase found me to be woefully unprepared. I was suddenly spinning & flailing around seemingly without pattern or logic. The second snap was a right proper jolt & it shook me up a bit. Shortly after that I felt everything calm as I was lowered back down to earth. I was guided to the ground & de-harnessed. I then shook the guy very firmly by the hand & strode triumphantly towards my son & my friends.
It was a fantastic experience that I know I'm not capable of ably describing.

We then just hung out in the sun drinking some nice, very cold beer & chewing the fat. Nice & Lil' Mum left, the kids went off exploring the bouncy castle & all that malarkey. Finally Dream Girl decided that she wanted to jump after all. Which she did.
Now there are some pretty crap pictures of Reckless & I doing our respective jumps but I don't have access to them yet. However, all through Dream Girl's jump some friendly stranger with a very smart digital camera took loads of photos. He approached us after & asked if she would like them e-mailed to her. Lovely chap.
So in the absence of free falling Flash, may I present The death defying descent of Dream Girl:



Eventually we all headed back to my place to have a spliff & a couple of tinnies.
Reckless had to make 2 trips & it was when he was on the 2nd leg that I quickly managed to post the Whoo Hoo post.
Those guys stayed for an hour or so & when they left they passed Nice on the stairs .
And thus followed a kick ass Sunday evening full of laughs, chat & furious shagging! Hurrah for Sundays.

Yesterday after work I was offered a lift home by Lil' Mum & Lil' One.
And that's where yesterday went wrong.
Sadly though, that's all I have time for right now as Nice has just arrived brandishing pizza. We're only gonna be watching the footy, honest!

I'm really struggling with time at the moment & I'm really starting to miss you guys.
I'll be round your places very soon.
Be well , my friends.