ok, 3 days ago I went diving at the state park, wasn't the best experience...it was crowed and rushed but hey thats another day of diving.  Rainbow was all booked up.  That night I went to Christen's birthday dinner.  She is one of the mates for Rainbow, we were in Divemaster class together.  Any way chicken was grilled, wine was enjoyed and dinner ( Read more... )

I did it, i have passed all the Divemaster tests!  That means all I need to do is get up to my 60 dives, I have 32, then I will be a DIVEMASTER.  Sounds like you should be issued a cape with that title.  I mean we are already wearing brightly colored, tight, stretchy outfits.  Would a cape really be so out of place? 
I also have a decision to make ( Read more... )

Sorry about the not posting.  I've been studying the Physics and Physiology of diving as well as teaching techniques.  I've been very very busy.  I'm doing great, I've pasted all the endurance requirements and have done very well on all the exams and practicals we have had so far.  (here comes the but) but i will not be able to continue to dive ( Read more... )

Friday.  Today was the first day Divemaster class.  We spent the first part of the day doing the endurance trails, i came in last for the 400 yard swim but i still made it before the limit.  Then we spent the rest of the day in the classroom, now i need to read like 3 chapters...

Is it Thursday, yeah its Thursday.  I had my deep dive today, although it was only 55ft it was the deepest dive I've ever been on.  We had to do a timed math problem above water and then at below 50ft, some how i was faster underwater.  This dive was a "hot drop"  meaning we jumped out before the boat was at its stop for the rest of the divers, so ( Read more... )

Today I had an early dive, 8am we went out to a spot called pickle reef, so named b/c a ship carrying barrels of concrete toppled and lost the barrels.  The wood rotted away leaving the pickle barrel shaped concrete forms on the reef, of course that was about 100 years ago so they just look like big coral formations... anyway i didn't get to see ( Read more... )

ok, yesterday I had 2 dives and pretty much completed my advanced open water course.  The first dive was my Navigation training dive, and we all know how good my scene of direction is and i did ok except the current was very strong so i kept getting blown off course!  The next dive was great.  it was my peak performance skills dive.  The terrain ( Read more... )

This morning i got up at 7am and went to the dive shop.  I met my roommate, she is British and looks like the actress Freema Agyeman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freema_Agyeman.  She told me that my dives were in the afternoon so I went out to breakfast.  I went to the Key ( Read more... )

well it was 1200 and something miles but I'm in Key largo.  Bry and I made our way down really leisurely.  We set out on Thursday and drove all the way to Savannah, GA.  On  the way down we made a pit stop at a truly offensive little spot called "south of the border"  in SC check it out: http:// ( Read more... )

So I'm on my way  in my attempt to change careers and latitudes ( Read more... )