Thanks, Thanks and Thanks Again.

I have my "A" licence in skydiving, but that's like saying I can ride my kiddie bike without training wheels. I have a long way to go.
I do what I can.  I read the "Skydivers Information Manuel."  I spend time at the drop zone. 

Each night I practice a arching pose I've been taught*.  The idea is to keep your knees just slightly off the floor.  It's easy to do do for a few seconds.  Five or six minutes is much harder.
Then there's  my solo jumps.
 "No more solos!" people warned.  "You'll learn more if you jump in groups."  This made sense.  I'd have to leave the plane with others if I was going to learn to control my fall rate. 
But why would someone want to jump with me?

Not that people dislike me, but I bring  very little to the jump.  I ooze "Noob" like an aura..

I'm the jumper who's still freaked about sitting by the open door.  Especially when it's "only" 1000+ feet  and everyone else wants me to scoot closer to it.** 
In  freefall  I slide all over the place. 

When I get into (beginner) group events, the coach often has big plans. 

Guess who botches these plans?
Everyone has been super nice to me, so I feel bad about being the troublemaker.   Then again, if this is what it takes to get better, I'll be making more trouble.  

So thanks, thanks and thanks again to the jumpers, coaches and organizers who have helped me so far!

*This is supposed to improve my body position in free fall.


*We have to wear seat belts for the first 1000 feet of the plane ride.  Then they come off and people spread out.  This means whomever is near the door is going to be getting closer to it. Yikes!