[ZX5chica]

I did the same thing for my birthday last year... brought myself skydiving.
It's frigging awesome!

However, I do advise you check with the company you're jumping with to see exactly what type of jump you're doing. For many companies, even if they give you the 8 hour instructor class, that only gives you permission to do a static line jump from 3000 feet. That being said, you'll jump out of the plane, and your chute will deploy right away... this means no free-falling. It's a great course to take if you want to go ahead and get jump certified, but if you want the thrill of jumping and free-falling, I highly recommend going Tandem. When I went, we went up to 11000 feet, and free fell for about a minute.

Also, I recommend getting the video footage. It's awesome to relive the experience every now and then, plus you get some great photos. I've got a forum topic on here somewhere about my skydiving experience if you were interested.

Oh and P.S. Happy birthday!!