FIRST DAY OF ADVANCED

TODAY WAS MY FIRST DAY OF THE ADVANCED DIVE COURSE. BASICALLY FOR YOUR ADVANCED COURSE YOU CHOOSE 5 DIFFERENT DIVES. THIS MORNING WE DID PEAK PERFORMANCE BUOYANCY WHICH IS BASICALLY REALLY CONCENTRATING ON BECOMING NEUTRALLY BUOYANT. THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR DIVING BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE WEIGHTLESS, NEITHER RISING OR SINKING. IT WAS FUN WE HAD TO DO A BUNCH OF SKILLS INCLUDING SWIMMING THROUGH A HOOP FACE DOWN, FACE UP AND SPINNING AS WELL AS UNDERWATER LIMBO. ANYTIME I TOUCHED THE HOOP OR LIMBO STICK I OWED MY INSTRUCTOR A BEER AND HE WOULD GET OUT HIS TABLET AND WRITE IT DOWN EVERYTIME I TOUCHED. I WAS REALLY FUN BUT EVERYTIME I LAUGHED I WAS GETTING WATER UP MY NOSE. AT THE END OF THE DIVE I OWED ALEX 8 BEERS AND A BOTTLE OF VODKA. APPARENTLY I GOT CAUGHT ON THE HOOP AND WAS DRAGGING IT WITH ME SO THAT'S WHY HE THREW IN THE BOTTLE OF VODKA. I AM CONVINCED HE WAS LOWERING THE STICK AS I WAS GOING UNDER! ANYWAYS IT WAS A GOOD TIME.
OUR SECOND DIVE WAS NAVIGATION. WE HAD TO DO A COUPLE SKILLS USING OUR COMPASSES AND THEN HE TOOK US ALONG THE REEF AND WE HAD TO TELL HIM HOW TO GET BACK TO THE BOAT. IT WORKED OUT FINE BUT I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR TOMORROW.
AT 9 WE ARE DOING OUR DEEP DIVE WHICH IS INCLUDING A WRECK. WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME SKILLS OUT OF THE WATER AND TIME THEM AND THEN WHEN WE ARE AT 100 FT WE HAVE TO DO THEM AGAIN. APPARENTLY IT WILL TAKE US A LOT LONGER BECAUSE AT THAT DEPTH YOU CAN GET NITROGEN NARCOSIS WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TOO MUCH NITROGEN IN YOUR BLOOD AND ITS KIND OF LIKE BEING DRUCK. SOUNDS LIKE FUN AY? DONT WORRY MOM ITS TOTALLY SAFE, IT DISAPPEARS AS SOON AS YOU START TO ASCEND.
WE ARE ALSO DOIG UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY AT 2 AND THEN A NIGHT DIVE AT 7. CANT WAIT!!!
JUST THOUGHT I WOULD UPDATE YOU ON MY EXCITING DAY BUT HAVE TO GO GET READY FOR A FEW COCKTAILS AT SUNDOWNERS.
WISH YOU WERE HERE!