Mission: Completed

I am a proud peacock this evening - I finished my week-long course to be certified as an Open Water Diver! I am done! This was a really challenging for me; and I have to admit that there were times when I thought "Why on Earth am I doing this to myself?" And please, dear reader, keep in mind that I used my vacation time to do this self-inflicted torture session. Did I hear someone utter the word 'masochist'?

I did much better today than I did yesterday - I did the mask clearing on the first try - even after watching a robot freak out right before me (and yes - they made us all do it again on the third dive because apparently PADI are sadists) and I did the total mask removal, donning and full clearing also on the first try as well! Big underwater high-fives and clapping from my dive instructors after that!!

One of the robots wasn't able to complete dive four, her ears wouldn't equalize and she couldn't descend. I wouldn't say I got a little pleasure out of that (but I am smirking a little); she always had that snooty look on her face when I had to be seperated away from the class to work on the mask clearing by myself. So, technically, the slow kid didn't place last in the class! YAY! Go me!

I am unsure of when or where my first fun dive will be, but I will certainly keep you all posted!