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August 5, 2016
Warming Up with Fun Dives
Well I haven’t quite started the practical side of my Rescue Diver course just yet, but I thought I’d have a bit of fun and get in the water for a couple of dives anyway. Only ‘not fun’ part of this idea was the getting up at 6.30am in the morning. I am really really not a morning person.
Somehow I managed it though. No sunrise this time though. But at least the sun was out, so the hours boat ride was pretty enjoyable. Didn’t take any photos of that part though, silly me. If I had I might have realised my GoPro had turned itself on in the night and burned through all the battery before I was 10 mitres underwater and face to face with Moray Eel. Damnit! He was a big fuller too, sitting out in the open eyeing us like we might be his next meal. Kind of like a big green snake but much much slimier!
Then a bit later, of course there was a second Moray on the first dive! (-_-). To make matters worse, my dive belt decided to crack while I was down at 18m. Fortunately I felt it go and managed to grab it before I lost it altogether, but one weight did fall off… (first time I’ve ever lost a weight :/). That quickly disappeared down the cliff we were swimming along while I shot upwards with the change of weight. Fortunately apparently two weights was still enough to keep me down, and I was able to readjust my buoyancy without too much trouble! The boat also had a spare weight belt for my second dive which was lucky.
At least I managed to change the battery on my GoPro before our second dive. Sadly as Murphy’s law goes, there were no Moray Eels on this dive. The water was still nice though, and a hell of a lot warmer than the boat where a storm had blown up. Turns out rain in the Caribbean is colder than the ocean!
Now I’m just sitting in a cafe working on the third chapter of Book Two (still trying to think of a name ;D), and feeling a little sad that I just got my first 2 star review. Apparently Stormwielder needs some more proofreading! Not to worry, I’ve got my team on it haha. Hopefully I can get those mistakes up to standard shortly, since I’d love to start marketing towards bookstores soon.
Oh and happy Monday to everyone back at work
The Makings of a Rescue Diver
So today I started my course to become a certified Rescue Diver with PADI. Up until now, I’ve been with the SSI dive school side of things, so it will be interesting to see how things differ between the two companies.
Today has just been theory though, so hasn’t exactly been the most thrilling of times. In fact, it was more sitting in front of a tv watching DVDs for four hours and answering the work book questions. Fuuuuun. And now its raining outside, which I’m gonna vote as a good thing (always look on the bright side!), as its now a bit cooler. I can even stand wearing a Tshirt while outside!
No pictures today sadly, as I haven’t been up to anything much interesting. But whether permitting tomorrow I’ll be tackling a couple of fun dives in the lead up to my course, so that is something to look forward too. Weather permitting of course…. Fingers crossed the sun comes back!
Onto the writing, as a quick update I’ve just surpassed 6000 words for book two, and I’m getting close to the end of Chapter two. I’m also starting to debate about what the name will be, and whether I should maybe continue with something akin to the first book. Flamewielder? Lightwielder? Earthwielder? Knowing full well none of you have any idea what’ll be happening in book two, I’m completely open to suggestions
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Aaron Hodges
