Sora Neko (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} soraneko) wrote,@ 2008-10-19 00:24:00 |
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I'm a Spheremaniac!
And have a certificate to prove it!!!
For Skep's birthday, back in February, I decided that his 21st birthday present should be something memorable. An experience that he will be pleased with and be able to talk about for the rest of his life... there were several planned ideas, but they were all very short-lived and needed a large amount of funding. I eventually found a great site for experience-type presents... pilot lessons, driving experiences, make overs... and sphering! I manage to look up a group who do it in several areas of the country and order a coupon for "harnessed sphering for two" and give him the coupon in his birthday card. He LOVES the idea and all we then needed to do was book the date. Time passed and we weren't near each other long enough to get our arses in gear...
While he was on holiday in Faliraki I decided that time was running out and we needed to book it there and then, so I looked up dates and asked Skep to let me know if it was ok. He said sure thing and it was booked... all we then had to do was wait and hope that the weather was fine.
I woke up this morning at 9am... that is after waking up at some stupid time because Cyan was getting ready to go see dad... lol :x I get up and check the internets and Skep is online so we chat a bit before I go to get washed and fed before we have to leave. I make sure I have all the information we need and that I'm dressed correctly. My morning was just me waiting for the day to fail... I put off calling up the centre, but when I did I was assured they had lovely weather and all was going ahead; "Awesome!" I replied, followed by a thank you and then I continued on with my getting ready.
We set off around 11... giving us an extra hour and a bit to get there! Journey goes well, I enjoyed driving around different roads and stuff and occasionally even impressed Skep with how well I'm able to drive (which is no easy feat, let me tell you!). We get there in time to sit down and take in the area the place is set up in. It's a very small portable shed thing with a port-a-loo and a large hill... I sat and watched a bit and started to get nervous...
We walk into the 'office' and the guy gets us to sign paper that says we have told them we're fit to partake in this "extreme sport" and are told that we can get a video taken of us if we'd like... for an extra £10. There's also a sign letting us know that if we really love it we can roll own again... for £40.
We get called over for our turn and harnessed up before we walk over to the guys with the ball itself and are told to throw ourselves through this hole... I fail at this and infact end up being rolled on top of the guy who was strapping us in... embarrassing! We get talked through how to hold ourselves and then get rolled down and it was good fun... I can't really remember it past the realisation it wasn't as bad as I'd expected and that I REALLY needed to keep my head from the edges... lol
Then we get another guy jumping in, asking how it went for us and un-strapping us. Skep manages to bound out of the ball head-first and the guy comments he's never seen anyone doing it like that before, which made me giggle - trust Skep! I then spend a while dithering around and eventually try to push my legs out first and have to get Skep to basically drag me the rest of the way!
All in all, it was a good experience as a whole day. The driving to new places, doing something new and interesting. We also then used Skep's satnav to find us a Morrisons for lunch and assessed their food to the one in Lincoln. I believe they have worse cookies and better American style chicken bites... we had a giggle at the fact that we only popped in for a short while and when we got out there was a flyer on the windshield! If that wasn't amusing enough, I then looked up while eating my sammich and there's a sign forbidding the passing out of flyers! XD
The trip back again was boring... didn't get to be as silly and I was getting tired and fed up toward the end... didn't help that I knew what was going on so it was just dull. Skep was amused by the "quintessential" Englishness of a lot of the towns and fields that we drove through, which I thought were pretty :3
I have been informed that Skep had a great time and that this even tops his 16th birthday... which was also my (and mother's) doing! I win XD
And have a certificate to prove it!!!
For Skep's birthday, back in February, I decided that his 21st birthday present should be something memorable. An experience that he will be pleased with and be able to talk about for the rest of his life... there were several planned ideas, but they were all very short-lived and needed a large amount of funding. I eventually found a great site for experience-type presents... pilot lessons, driving experiences, make overs... and sphering! I manage to look up a group who do it in several areas of the country and order a coupon for "harnessed sphering for two" and give him the coupon in his birthday card. He LOVES the idea and all we then needed to do was book the date. Time passed and we weren't near each other long enough to get our arses in gear...
While he was on holiday in Faliraki I decided that time was running out and we needed to book it there and then, so I looked up dates and asked Skep to let me know if it was ok. He said sure thing and it was booked... all we then had to do was wait and hope that the weather was fine.
I woke up this morning at 9am... that is after waking up at some stupid time because Cyan was getting ready to go see dad... lol :x I get up and check the internets and Skep is online so we chat a bit before I go to get washed and fed before we have to leave. I make sure I have all the information we need and that I'm dressed correctly. My morning was just me waiting for the day to fail... I put off calling up the centre, but when I did I was assured they had lovely weather and all was going ahead; "Awesome!" I replied, followed by a thank you and then I continued on with my getting ready.
We set off around 11... giving us an extra hour and a bit to get there! Journey goes well, I enjoyed driving around different roads and stuff and occasionally even impressed Skep with how well I'm able to drive (which is no easy feat, let me tell you!). We get there in time to sit down and take in the area the place is set up in. It's a very small portable shed thing with a port-a-loo and a large hill... I sat and watched a bit and started to get nervous...
We walk into the 'office' and the guy gets us to sign paper that says we have told them we're fit to partake in this "extreme sport" and are told that we can get a video taken of us if we'd like... for an extra £10. There's also a sign letting us know that if we really love it we can roll own again... for £40.
We get called over for our turn and harnessed up before we walk over to the guys with the ball itself and are told to throw ourselves through this hole... I fail at this and infact end up being rolled on top of the guy who was strapping us in... embarrassing! We get talked through how to hold ourselves and then get rolled down and it was good fun... I can't really remember it past the realisation it wasn't as bad as I'd expected and that I REALLY needed to keep my head from the edges... lol
Then we get another guy jumping in, asking how it went for us and un-strapping us. Skep manages to bound out of the ball head-first and the guy comments he's never seen anyone doing it like that before, which made me giggle - trust Skep! I then spend a while dithering around and eventually try to push my legs out first and have to get Skep to basically drag me the rest of the way!
All in all, it was a good experience as a whole day. The driving to new places, doing something new and interesting. We also then used Skep's satnav to find us a Morrisons for lunch and assessed their food to the one in Lincoln. I believe they have worse cookies and better American style chicken bites... we had a giggle at the fact that we only popped in for a short while and when we got out there was a flyer on the windshield! If that wasn't amusing enough, I then looked up while eating my sammich and there's a sign forbidding the passing out of flyers! XD
The trip back again was boring... didn't get to be as silly and I was getting tired and fed up toward the end... didn't help that I knew what was going on so it was just dull. Skep was amused by the "quintessential" Englishness of a lot of the towns and fields that we drove through, which I thought were pretty :3
I have been informed that Skep had a great time and that this even tops his 16th birthday... which was also my (and mother's) doing! I win XD
