Actually, I AM ready for work, I finished my coffee, so I’m having another. On a weekday, I usually don’t have time for two cups at home before work, but this morning I do. My coffee at home is much better than coffee I make at work, I don’t know why.
I get up a lot earlier than I have to, I like to have a little time before I go to work. I like it when I first go outside to walk the dog, it always amazes me to see the sky lighting up and feel the breeze. Once I get to work, I’m just like every other rat in the rat race, but I try not to take the important stuff for granted, and work and the rat race, in reality, is not an important thing in life.

One more thing, the high point of my day. After the dive, I was taking apart my rebreather and cleaning it and eavesdroping on this little girl (11 years old) explaining scuba diving to her little sister. She was getting ready to go diving but her sister was too young. It was fantastic to hear, the only word to describe it is cute, extremely cute. The worlds youngest scuba instructor, and she was doing a really good job too! I could tell that in her little sisters eyes she was a hero.
Then she saw my rebreather and came over and asked me what it was. I explained it and she really seemed to get an immediate grasp of it. She asked VERY intelligent questions about oxygen and carbon dioxide. I explained how the air flows through the loop and showed her the scrubber. She understood it really well. I told her that my rebreather was made in the UK and she said that is where she is from, I asked her name and she said “Virginia” and I said that’s where I am from!
Listening to her and her sister and talking to her really gave me a case of the warm fuzzies. It sounds really insignificant but it is a memory I will cherish forever.

Another weekend is ending, bummer.
Tomorrow it’s back to work. I have to work late this week because that girl is gone and I’m entering the playlists for the two studios. Hmmmm Maybe I should go in at noon, after a morning dive the whole time she is gone… I DO have a deep dive buddy coming on Tuesday. We need to do LOTs of 250’s and 300’s.. There is a dive site called Funky Town I want to get very familiar with. I have dove it maybe 4 or 5 times. It is an interesting cavern type formation in the wall at about 200 – 300 feet. At about 250 is a tunnel about 5 feet in diameter, big enough to comfortably swim through. The tunnel makes kind of like an inverted, twisted, V pattern, with the entrance at about 250 feet, then up to the pointy part of the V at about 220, then down to the exit at about 280 feet, and comes out pretty far from where you go in. It’s really dark until you make the sharp turn at the corner of the V, then you can see the exit. It is spooky and fun! I have only been through the tunnel once. It is truly a fantastic dive. I’d like to do it every day for a week, just to get ultra familiar with it. We’ll see what my dive buddy wants to do. He might have students. I’ve been trying to get someone to dive Funky Town for a long time.
I went diving today, it was pretty nice. And I went to the beach this afternoon/evening. I have been having a pain under my right shoulderblade that goes all the way up my neck into my head. I thought some running and swimming might work it out. It felt better for a while. It’s been bugging me for more than a week. I was swimming when the sun went down, and almost everybody had gone home. It was really nice.
This morning I was supposed to have a coffee date, but I called her and got her voice mail. I left a message and she never called back, same as last time. Last time I left 3 messages, this time I left only one.
Yesterday I felt kind of cheated, my boss called Friday night and said they were supposed to test the generator at work from 9 AM to 11 AM, could I go there and kind of stand by, in case anything went wrong. So I went there and nobody showed up. It was sunny all morning while I was at work waiting for nothing and as I was leaving work it got cloudy and started to rain and stayed cloudy all day. So I missed my sun-chance.
Aren’t my problems stupendous?
I am really lucky to have such a great life!

My name is on board the International Space Station!
I received an email from David Poyer. He sent a picture and link to an article in the Virginian Pilot newspaper. In the article is this same picture of Astronaut John Phillips reading “Down To A Sunless Sea”, which was was sent up to the ISS on the most recent shuttle mission. Dave was writing “Down To A Sunless Sea” while he was taking my scuba class in (about) 1995 or 1996. My name is in the “thank you’s” in the front of that book!
I am very proud to know David Poyer, I consider him a friend. He probably considers me one of his most severely googley eyed fans, but it’s OK! I read almost all the books he has written, and they are all excellent reading! My only complaint is that he can’t write as fast as I can read!
If you like hearing about my dives here, then you would love “Down To A Sunless Sea” and all the books with Tiller Galloway in them. The Dan Lenson books are about a Naval officer, they’re really good too. (You know I used to be in the Navy.) Every one of David Poyer’s books has been great. I didn’t know about his newest, or I would have picked it up while I was in the US last week.

Debi tagged me, I’ve been watching this tag go around for a while, I was kind of hoping it would miss me, but Oh well!
10 years ago today: I went diving in a lake, and I was in counseling about my longest and most important relationship ending. I went out with Louise for almost 3 years and took her for granted. When she left I was devastated. It was all my fault.
I was working as a contractor for Space and Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) from 7 AM till 3:30 PM. I worked on Atomic Clocks and satellite timing receivers. Also most days I was teaching scuba from 4 till about 11 PM.
5 years ago today: I was living in hell, I was married. Before we got married, we got along great, we went to the beach, diving and we had everything in common. She changed abruptly at the reception. No more diving, no more beach, she hated it all! Any conflict, no matter how minor, she would lock herself in the bedroom or bathroom and stay there tilll I gave in. She never compromised any at all. The first time I didn’t give in she stayed locked up all night and brought up the subject of divorce the next day. The very absolute first time. I’m glad I’m divorced. My only regret, other than marrying her in the first place, is putting up with the BS for as long as I did.
1 year ago today: I was living in the same apartment I am in now, I was looking at property with a real estate agent who refused to show me property in the city I wanted. I don’t know if she’s still trying to sell real estate, but I’m still looking!
Yesterday:I worked, you can read about it on yesterdays post!
Today: I worked today too. At lunchtime I went for a long beach walk down Seven Mile Beach. I didn’t plan on it, it just sorta happened.
Tomorrow: I have to work for a couple hours in the morning, then hopefully do a dive.

5 snacks I enjoy: Chocolate chip cookies, green olives stuffed with jalepenos, Combos, Mandarin oranges in a can, cheese.

5 things I would do with $100,000,000: Have a big party, buy a beach house, give some money to my family, buy the radio station I work for and kick the competitions ass, Hire someone to run it while I go diving.

5 Locations I Would Like To Run Away To: I would stay here, I’m where I want to be. I’d check out the other islands perhaps.

5 Bad Habits I Have: Too passive, too aggressive, ignoring what my instincts tell me, following the same routine every day, trying to act like I think people expect me to.

Things I Like Doing: diving, swimming, going to the beach, kayaking, exploring new places, and sex (although I haven’t yet figured out how to get sex!)

5 Things I Would Never Wear: Those baggy surfer shorts (they look like a skirt!), cowboy hat, earring, anything I don’t like, I won’t wear!

5 TV Shows I Like: I don’t watch TV. Most of the shows people talk about I have never seen or heard of.

5 Movies I Like: The Incredibles, Galaxy Quest, Snatch, Shrek, Lord Of The Rings

5 Famous People I’d Like To Meet: Eileen Collins, James Michener, Jimmy Carter, Aria Giovanni, Neil Armstrong

5 People to Tag: The Berkeley Girl, Beck, Daisy Mae, Lita, AND Penelope

HERE’s a link to that video, it’s really not that good, my still camera can take little short videos and at 60 feet the light isn’t great because there is no flash. All I took it for is to remember how the soft coral was blowing in the current. Also you can see particles flying by. You can hear me breathing but it’s really quiet because NO BUBBLES!

I just got home from my first day back at work. It was incredibly busy and a very good day. I wasn’t even the door 5 minutes and my boss told me he needed me to work late.
Our librarian/program scheduler is going on vacation and I have been tryng to learn how to operate the system I installed a couple months ago. It is a part of the radio station I have always wanted to learn. It is scheduling the commercials and interfacing them with the music portion of the programming. You’ll hear me whining about it next week!
On my laptop computer, I formatted the drive and reinstalled the OS, now I am having trouble connecting it to my network, I can take it to another network, like works, and connect with no problem, but I’m having trouble connecting at home…. My super high security is too superly high! I’m typing this on my oooooold desktop, Almost the same kind Adam and Eve had back in the Garden of Eden. Just a little newer.
I really want to spend some time on my blog, I’m excited about Putfile.com. I have been looking for a way to post audio and video on my blog and I can do it with Putfile. I have a crappy 5 second video I took that shows ripping current on a dive one day that I want to post, and I will, as soon as I get the chance. Also, more me talking, you can ask The Berkeley Girl, I’ve been trying to do audio since the beginning. And oh yeah Debi, I sound American ’cause I am. And I’m probably not the only one who’d like to hear your voice and see your picture too! Now you know where to post the audio!
I can’t believe it’s so late, I just got home and I have a lot to do before I go to bed. I’m glad tomorrow’s FRIDAY!!! I’m not tired at all and I need to be!!
I can’t wait till tomorrow!

this is a test. click here to supposedly hear audio

I got home around noon today, I unpacked, took a nap and then hooked up my new printer that I bought in the US. It took quite a while to get it working properly, it has a lot of features, one of which was giving me problems. Adittionally, sinice it’s so big, I had to do some major rearranging on my computer desk.
For my dogs babysitter, I brought the DVD “The Incredibles” I was delighted by her reaction when I gave it to her, I told her I got her something for taking care of my dog, then she started lecturing me about why I didn’t need to buy her anything. When I pulled it out from behind my back the tune instantly changed to how great she heard the movie was and how she wanted to see it and thanks and she said she was going to go watch it right now.
I had a great trip. I was a “guest” at a friends house. We went to drag races, movies, parks and lakes and bought a lot of stuff. We ate every meal out. It was really good.
I’m glad I went and I’m glad to be home.

Today is my first day of vacation. I’m taking a few days off and going up to the US.

I’m not sure if I should take my laptop or buy a new one. I’m not sure I’ll be posting while I’m gone. (Believe me, no news will mean good news!!)

Yesterday I was supposed to dive but I had to work late. Now I won’t get a chance until I get back. I’m jonesin!