The end of the instructor course is today, and I'm already an Emergency First Responder Instructor as of this afternoon... I have written and in-water exams the next two days and then it's (almost) over! I am going to do my specialty instructor courses next week, then do some fun diving, and then take a week out of the water to let my legs heal. They are still destroyed and they are a lot better when I stay out. Then it's time to find a job - I'm still a little unsure of how that's going to go. ...
Life
The countdown is on.
I don't have much to say today. I'm having a stressful time with everything except my dive instructor stuff. I only have two more days in the classroom/water and then Thursday the instructor exams start. I wish I was a little more positive today, but sometimes you just have a bad day.In the meantime, here's a photo of me being a rockstar with two Caribbean reef sharks (see if you can find both). I'm on the left. Enjoy. ...
And then what?
When I wake up a week from today, I will be hungover, probably missing my shoes, in an unfamiliar bed, and looking absolutely terrible. But - I will be a dive instructor! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!My instructor exams are next Thursday & Friday. It is absolutely blowing my mind that after next week I'll have reached this goal that I've been working so hard towards since February. I've been so focused on this for so long that I just realized I've given almost no thought to what I'm ...
Roatan Month 2 Roundup
Here's me being on top of things for the month 2 roundup! October 11th marks two months that I've been living here in Roatan. This is officially the longest I've ever been away from home (or "home"...since I don't have one anywhere else now).This is what month two brought...- I gave you some insight on what I do day to day in my life here- I got homesick for the first time in my life- I shared my feelings on how far I've come in the last year ...
No big deal.
PADI tweeted me! That means I'm kinda famous now, right?Make sure to follow me on Twitter to see the latest from Roatan! ...
Back to school, back to school.
As you all learned yesterday, I'm now a divemaster and already slugging away at my dive instructor course. I'm almost done! AHHHH! On October 18 I will be an instructor. Woah.Wondering what I've been up to lately?The Wifey and I have had a bit of a change in the roommate situation... we now have four more people living here! It's definitely a full house. We have a lot of fun (re: we drink a lot of what we've christened "blackout 151 rum"). We have two American guys, another ...
You’ve come a long way, baby.
Sometimes I sit back and still can't really believe my life now.I live on a little tropical island in the Caribbean.I have absolutely no obligation to do anything I don't want to do until at least December.I spend my days diving the most amazing reef in the world and then I either party at night or stay home and relax and watch the sun set over the ocean.And now... I'm a certified PADI Divemaster!I've come a long, long way.Last week I finally finished my divemaster training. It ...
I can’t believe it.
Wow. I can't believe this happened. But it did.I got homesick. For the first time. EVER.I've never felt homesick during any traveling I've done. I've been here in Roatan for just under two months now and to be honest I'm a little surprised that a pang of homesickness has already hit.Do you want to know what caused it?This.My friend posted this on Facebook and it came up in my newsfeed while I was sitting online at the dive shop, and I felt my throat tighten up and my eyes ...
Day to day.
I have sat down to write this three times now, and have come up with amazing excuses such as washing the dishes, sitting on the couch, and reading the physics chapter of my divemaster book to avoid it. I just keep thinking that I should wait for something interesting to tell you all about. Does anyone really want to know what I do every day here, even when it's not crazy and wild?Of course! That's why you're following along, isn't it? What happens when you leave the cubicle behind and move ...
Roatan Month 1 Roundup
Forgive me for stealing an excellent idea from my travel blogging idol Alex in Wanderland.... may I present to you, month 1 roundup!Now, the idea of a roundup is to summarize all my posts from the month into a neat little package of links so I (and you!) can quickly see what's gone on this month. However, I have failed miserably at keeping this blog updated since I've been here, I don't have much to recap in that sense....but I will let you know what's been happening in point form to ...