Hello Again!

Welcome back to Steve and Kate in Australia. Previously in Australia, we went camping and found many Aussie animals.


This time in Australia, we've been just as active as usual.


Steve's birthday was six months ago in December. Although it was that long ago, we celebrated a few weeks ago by taking advantage of the gift I've given him. See pictures:





That's right. We went skydiving! It was crazy. I mean, I never thought I would jump out of a plane, who would? I was very, VERY nervous. I mean, not as nervous as I thought I would be. But I was afraid something would go wrong. As you can tell, it didn't. But it was pretty great! Unreal actually. We both jumped tandem so someone was doing all of the work for us, attached to our backs by harnesses. I was grateful I had an experienced jumper guiding me through 14K feet of vertical gravity; but Steve wanted to go it alone. Lucky for his safety, he didn't:)

So we flew in a small plane up the 14K feet for what felt like a decade but in reality it was about 10-12 minutes. I scooted to the open door on my bum-that's how you jump at this place-mostly being pushed by the tandem instructor on my back. I concentrated, rocked back and forth three times, praying that this was in my life's plan and that I wasn't jumping to my death. I looked back at Steve and gave a nervous smile. Before I could even get too scared, I was pushed out by the tandem instructor I was with. Then, just 'WHAT THE HECK AM I DOING? GOD I HOPE NOTHING GOES WRONG!!!!' went through my mind. It was surprisingly hard to breathe, and it was damn cold and really noisy from the air rushing by. The photographer was in front of me, falling a little beneath me but facing me to make sure he could film me. It was so weird. I think we free-fell for almost a minute, but that also felt like a decade. 'Please let the chute work when it's pulled,' I thought, 'this is taking a long time to reach the bottom.' BAM! The chute opened and we were home free. Thank goodness! I was going to live! What a great day it was! Then I looked around and the scenery was breathtaking. We actually were floating through the clouds. We saw the mountains, kilometers of gorgeous land, and also a rainbow. It was beautiful.


While I was plummeting to what I thought was my death, Steve saw it in action. Me heading straight to the ground since I jumped first. He said it was a crazy feeling and a little nerve-racking.


Since then, we celebrated my 28th birthday...the best birthday I've had in a few years. Steve did a great job, got me a cake, took me out, really made it wonderful. We've also been doing the usual, hanging out with friends, shopping:), fixing up the apartment with decorations, watching movies. We're both doing well, having a good time, getting lots of relaxing time and really enjoying each other.


We've been here six months already, it feels like forever and just like it was yesterday that we arrived. 1/4 of our time here is already done. Life really does fly by.


See you next time at Steve and Kate in Australia.