Even though my R&R leave isn't for a while, I've been thinking about it, and more specifically what to do when I get home. I'll be spending some time in my home state, visiting sets of parents, getting my youngest baptised, and other such things. I'll attend a July 4th parade and hopefully eat a lot of hamburgers, sirloins, and steak-um sandwiches. However, I've also thought about a few "special" things I want to do.
Top on my R&R bucket list is I want to go skydiving and/or parasailing or bungee jumping. The skydiving and parasailing is likely something I can do at the shore, but the bungee jumping may have to be from one of those boardwalk towers. They have one at the NY state fairgrounds, but it is more a sling than a straight jump. One of the Officers here does skydiving as a hobby, and the videos she took just look awesome and a lot of fun. I'm sure my less-adventuresome parents will balk at the idea, but jumping out of a plane at 10,000 feet and freefalling for 2 minutes sounds really fun to me.
I also look forward to the quieter things, like having a peaceful Saturday afternoon at the park, splashing in our wading pool at home with the kids, things like that. I range between high adrenaline and totally boring in my interests, as I think adventure sports are just as cool and fun as Scrabble on a rainy night.
I am desperately trying to hobble my marathon relay team together. I've had 2 drop outs, and one other is highly suspect. I am already doing 50 miles, I'm now consigned to do about 65 or so. No big deal. As long as I don't run out of clean shirts, I should be ok. I ordered some great race day snacks for in between legs (Ostrich Jerky and sunflower seeds of all things) and have been slowly building up my miles. I'll essentially be running 2x Marathons in one day, so it'll be taxing for sure, but I'm preparing well and my cautious but bold approach is helping me get to where I need to be. The race is on April 8th, I believe.
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