The last week has been busier than usual and I’m quite worn
out!
Last Wednesday I took the final exam for my PADI open water
diver class. I missed one question on the entire thing and I doubt that I’ll
ever hear the end of it from Jay, who of course was the first one done and got
a 100%. For the record, both the test and the textbook could benefit from some editing.
The test did send me into a case of the giggles and I thought I was going to
totally lose it. There were six or so questions on hand signals and underwater
communications. One of the illustrations was the signal for share air. The
selections were along the lines of “a. I’m hungry! B. Are you thirsty? C. Share Air.” Other
favorite answers from this section were:
Will you be my buddy? <-- Low on air) Wave to friends on the shore/boat. (<--Help!)
My finger is cold. (<--OK
signal)
Seriously, my finger is cold? If someone selected that
answer on their test, I would never want to be paired up with them on a dive!
This is the OK/My finger is cold signal
Although we haven’t completed our check-out dives yet, I
feel pretty comfortable marking off “learn how to SCUBA dive” from my Seasonal Bucket List. After all, I've had four open water dives already - I just didn't know all of the skills until I took the class.
Our checkout dives are scheduled for the last weekend in
September. Jay is suddenly gung-ho about diving, so I’m pretty sure that we’ll
be getting our Advanced Open Water certifications next – likely in October.
Apparently DCFD is in the process of assembling a dive team. So I’m sure that
Rescue Diver will be on the list after AOW. It’s a slippery slope. Before long,
we’ll be selling the house and buying a dive operation in Australia. Remember
this lengthy post on experiences and choices? Maybe we’ll buy a liveaboard boat and charter dives in
the Whitsundays!
On to the next…
Running had been going well. I’m still terribly slow, but I’m
building up my endurance. Technically I’m at Week 6 Day 3 of Couch to 5k.
However, my last run on Saturday was terrible and there’s no way that I’m ready
for a 22 minute run.
I’m backing up to Week 6 Day 1. This seems much more
reasonable to me.
Since I've been doing Couch 25k, I haven't been paying much attention to what I've been eating. I felt like I'd probably lost weight since I've been good about exercising. Unfortunately, I haven't lost anything. I may have even gained weight. So it's back to faithful tracking with LoseIt. After all, I've gotta look good for my vacation to the Dominican Republic.
Summerfest was over the weekend and I spent many hours
scooping ice cream.
Then I wandered, watched the fireworks from Harry’s, and had
a bit too much to drink at the pub.
I took a lot of photos there and most of
them are blurry.
Lots of photos to come tomorrow on Wordless Wednesday. A summer photo dump!
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