Bionic Teutonic

Last night Lily and I had our closed water scuba session. It felt like I was being truly bionic. You can breath underwater! Who knew? We got there a little early so that Lily could buy a mask and snorkel, and also just because I was a little nervous about it. I really didn’t know what to expect, although the whole dive shop scene was every bit as cheesy as the videos were. When we walked in, they asked if we were there for the “ballet lessons”. (wink, wink, nudge, nudge – see, we’re funny and cool! this is going to be a blast) They repeated this joke with multiple people who walked in the door. We had to take a little test, go over the things we missed, and then listen to a little song and dance about how we could get stuff at the shop for cheap. Alright already, can we get on with it?

So, the thing about scuba diving is that it’s not really hard. As long as you don’t panic, all you have to do is stick the air hose (technical term) in your mouth, equalize your ears, and make sure you have the right amount of air in your vest so you don’t sink or float too much (this was difficult, because my vest had a leak, so I pretty much could only sink). Other than that, the entire session consisted of going over the various scenarios and making sure you know what to do if this happens, or if that happens. Of course, since it’s only the equipment that is keeping you alive, you want to be sure you know what to do in these various scenarios, but really, it’s pretty straightforward. We were there until very late, which sucked because a) I was beginning to lose my patience with the repeated assertions that “we only have one more thing to do”, and b) because Ariel, sick as she was, was picking me up and somehow logistics got all confused and she sat around waiting in Freemont for 45 minutes before I was actually done (sorry, my love!). Finally got home and into bed by about 12:30. Ugh. Anyway, I’m very much looking forward to the open water portion of the class while in Bali.

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