Cruise to Bermuda - Day Two - June 18, 2017

We woke up Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. (or what we thought was 7:30 a.m.)  Our digital devices did not automatically set to Bermuda time and it was actually 8:30 a.m.  My iFly experience was scheduled for 9:20 a.m. so we set out to get breakfast.

Floor of the elevator

Yesterday all of the elevators said "Saturday."  I was like - that's weird.  Why would they call all their elevators the same thing.  When we stepped in the elevator to go to breakfast, it said "Sunday."  Duh, we realized they were helping us with what day of the week it was.

We grabbed some breakfast and the lady sitting near us was like "YOU'RE EATING BEFORE YOU GO ON THE iFLY?"  Like I wasn't nervous enough already.  So I stopped eating breakfast and drinking coffee.  I literally think I psyched myself out about this experience.  The night before -- the entire night my right wrist was in pretty bad pain.  I haven't had wrist pain for a long time.  It hurt so bad that I actually wondered if it was broken.  So my wrist hurting and the lady questioning why I was eating, I was beginning to wonder if I should do this.  

But losing this weight and doing things I have never been able to do before is a BIG DEAL to me, so I went for it.  I told the instructor I was a little nervous.  I wondered if there was ever anyone who didn't "fly."  I knew I was still "heavy" and I didn't want to not fly.  He said that has never happened.  Then I asked, "Will I be able to breathe?  The wind force looks so forceful."  Yes.  You will be able to breathe.  He gave us some easy instructions and then several hand signals for different things.  I couldn't remember the hand signals for anything.  But when I first started training with Ryan and we would do deadlifts, he must had said head up about 1000 times.  So I thought of the mark on the wall in the NLP room that he made when he told Sonya the same thing.   So that was easy to remember --head up!  Look for the (imaginary) red mark.  Then it was legs straight and arms in a somewhat V.  Well that was like holding a Superman.  So I was superman and head up, superman and head up, superman and head up.  

Finally it was my turn.  I stood at the door and honestly almost walked away, but then I was like here goes nothing.  I immediately did everything I had told my mind.  Head up, legs straight, superman -- and I flew.  The only hand signal he gave me was an immediate thumbs up and I understand that signal.  I flew for 60 seconds and it was a blast.  The video can be found on my Facebook page.

I swear to you - not kidding.  When I was done my wrist did not hurt anymore.  I think the anticipation/fear was messing with my body.  The less we stress, the better we feel.

There's not much that could top that.  I was flying pretty high after that.  But Dave and I went to the Fitness Center and got a workout in.

Huge fitness center - this is just the spin room

Hunter Douglas had a "gift" for their Centurion Dealers (which we are.)  They gave us each a pair of Maui Jim sunglasses.  They are super nice.

In the afternoon we sat out by the pool.  I finished reading a book.

In the evening it was formal night.  We got dressed up and went to the dining room.  We sat next to a great couple who was from Boston.  We shared strategies with each other on the blind business and I shared my weight loss success story with them.   It was funny because that night Dave and I passed on dessert.  She was like, "Look, honey, they passed on dessert."  We may not always pass on dessert, but we happened to last night.  She noticed that though.

Little elephant waiting for us in our room at the end of the night.

It was a great, great day.  On days like this when I experience new things made possible especially because of my weight loss, I just am forever thankful for the day Mana and Ryan offered to help me (lose weight.)  Those guys are genuises (in my opinion.)