Well my pot pourri de jour was a mix of far to many things in one day. Where to start. First a lonely person bugged me into taking them with me to the DZ…. So anyhow she has now earned the name “C’mon Ali”.  I invited her along against my better judgement. In the end we had a great day! Anyhow got to the DZ and there were some serious gusts but I managed to get up there before the wind really picked up. The sit exit was great, freefall through the clouds was awesome the landing required more sentences. So setup for the landing was tricky as I’m now jumping the 190 and not 100% familiar with it yer and the wind had picked up. Wind was coming from south west on my landing but moving around quite abit. I was over the runway with little penetration but managed to get away from it near the pond. I later learned after discussing the flare with Dale that I should have given more to the left side to counter the crosswind. I was a bit high on my flare and felt the wing go to the right, I was smart enough to not reach for the ground with right arm but counter with the left toggle and saved my ass. Great learning experiences on that jump and in lower wind might try to land a bit cross. So onto the run, the run was hell! My calves are killing me and there is some obvious stress on the right leg. I’m going to have to take some time off and require serious recovery. Need the gym, elliptical, protein shakes and hopefuly no more than a week. Lots of ice, advil and warm epsom salt baths. Anyhow did 5.75 miles along the lake in 43:00 min for an average pace of 7:28 minute miles. After then run headed to my second cousins Helen’s cottage for a few beers. Was great saw some old friends, made some new ones and we had a great time eating cheese and crackers. Always a pleasure going down there. Was a great day and thanks to Mary and Gary for making Ali feel welcomed.