9:00 pm
This morning, I got up at 8:30 and after a quick bowl of cereal, I had to finish up the last sections of my e-learning portion of my certification. It again took longer than expected, with some wifi issues. Near the end of it, I was unable to watch some videos, then I had to reload the page twice, only to lose the progress of the morning. I ended up doing 3 hours of work, finally finishing up at noon. After a quick swim to cool off and some lunch, Frances and I went over to Sunchaser Scuba, where we met up with Kay. From 1-5 we completed our in-water portion of certification. We had to perform a number of different skills in shallow water to pass the exam. Over the next couple of dives, we will again have to perform these skills, but instead of being in 5 feet of water, we will be in 60 feet of water. The hardest skill for me was taking my mask off and swimming, but not breathing through my nose, and then putting it back on and clearing it of water, all of this while being underwater. We also had to experience running out of air. Kay would turn the air off from our tank and we would breathe until we couldn't draw anymore air before she let the air flow return. This evening, I started a new book, The Secret Life of Bees, and its also really good. Tomorrow morning we will get to go on our first real dive. We have also started documenting more of our trip, so wifi allowing, hopefully will we be able to put photos up!

Hours today: 7
Hours total: 17

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