A DAY IN THE LIFE

SLOWLY CHOMPING AWAY AT THE LAST REQUIREMENTS I HAVE BEFORE I BECOME A "PROFESSIONAL" SCUBA DIVER. I TOOK MY PHYSICS TEST A FEW DAYS AGO AND FAILED. ALEX HAD TAUGHT ME ALL THE EQUATIONS AND I FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT THEM BUT KIND OF FORGOT TO STUDY THE THEORY SECTION. I GOT ALL THE EQUATIONS CORRECT ON THE FIRST TEST SO I STUDIED FOR LIKE AN HOUR RIGHT AFTER AND RE-TOOK THE TEST AND ONLY MISSED 2. GLAD THAT'S OVER, I ALSO TOOK MY PHYSIOLOGY TEST YESTERDAY AND GOT 100%!!! WOO HOO.
IT'S REALLY GETTING DOWN TO THE WIRE AND EXPECT TO BE A FULL FLEDGED DIVEMASTER BY THE END OF THE WEEK!
I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SITE I HAVE BEEN MAPPING AND SO ALEX AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK THE OTHER DAY SO I COULD GET SOME LAST MINUTE MEASUREMENTS. IT WAS SUCH A FUN DIVE. THERE IS THIS ONE CAVE THAT YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO SWIM THROUGH A CURVY PITCH BLACK TUNNEL (WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TORCHES) FOR MAYBE 15 FEET AND IT OPENS UP INTO A LITTLE AREA THAT IS SURROUNDED BY REEF BUT OPEN AT THE TOP, MEANING THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS AREA IS TO SWIM BACK THROUGH THE TUNNEL. SO I COME OUT FIRST AND THIS OPEN AREA WHICH IS NORMALLY VERY CLEAR AND BRIGHT WAS VERY DARK AND MURKY. WITH ALL THE RAIN WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THE VISIBILITY HASN'T BEEN THAT GREAT. I WAS SWIMMING OVER ALL THE ROCKS AND RUBBLE AND LOOK OVER AND SEE A HUGE ROUND GREEN BODY ABOUT AS BIG A ROUND AS A BASKETBALL AND LONGER THAN ME. I FREAK OUT... I SCREAM IN MY REGULATOR, TURN TO GO GET ALEX WHO HASN'T COME OUT OF THE CAVE YET AND WRITE ON MY SLATE BIG MORAY EEL!!! AND HE CAN SEE IN MY EYES THAT I WAS SCARED. NOW WHEN I SAY SCARED I DON'T MEAN LIKE PANIC ATTACK OR ANYTHING THAT SERIOUS BECAUSE I SEE THEM ALL THE TIME AND THEY WON'T HURT YOU BUT THIS ONE WAS HUGE AND THE FACT THAT I WAS IN THIS SMALL CONFINED SPACE DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH ME. SO ANYWAY... ALEX PULLS HIS KNIFE OUT, JUST TO MAKE ME FEEL STUPID, AND WE ARE SLOWLY SWIMMING OVER TO WHERE IT WAS AND I AM LIKE ON TOP OF HIM, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE LIKE CREEPING AROUND BEHIND SOMEONE? SAME THING WE WERE JUST UNDERWATER. WE SEE IT AND IT'S HEAD IS UP AND LOOKING AT US, THAT THING WAS HUGE AND THEY RESPIRATE THROUGH THEIR MOUTHS SO THEY ARE ALWAYS OPENING AND CLOSING THEIR MOUTHS AND THEY ALWAYS LOOK MAD! SO I LIKE ROLL OVER TO TRY TO GO BACK THROUGH THE CAVE AND ALEX AND I GET TANGLED UP IN EACH OTHERS EQUIPMENT AND I AM HALF LAUGHING AND HALF RUNNING FOR MY LIFE AND WE GO BACK THROUGH THE CAVE AND ALEX IS TRYING TO GRAB MY LEG TO SCARE ME. I KNEW NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT CAN BE WHEN YOU GET FREAKED OUT. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!! WE ARE GOING BACK TOMORROW AND HE IS GOING TO BRING HIS VIDEO CAMERA.
ALSO, JESSI DECIDED TO COME BACK... GUESS THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE PLACES! SHE SPENT A WEEK IN ANTIGUA AND WAS READY FOR SOME MORE ROATAN. NOT SURE WHAT HER PLANS ARE BUT SHE GOT A SWEET LITTLE APARTMENT WITH A TV!!! SO EXCITING. SPENT A FEW HOURS TODAY LAYING AROUND WATCHING TV WITH HER AND CATCHING UP ON THE GOSSIP SHE MISSED OUT ON WHILE SHE WAS AWAY.
WELL, I NEED TO GO HOME AND STUDY FOR YET ANOTHER LOVELY EXAM...