exhausted
The very last thing I want to do tomorrow is get into my gear and dive. All day. Then take a test.
I hurt all over. My legs are cramping up. I'm trying not to worry about this too much. Today I was so freaked out that I couldn't do as much of the checklist as I'd hoped.
Trying not to feel as if I do not make it then I have wasted a trip to Hawaii. That really isn't fair to myself and just makes me cry.
But today I put together my own gear. I walked into the water backward, I put my gear on in the water. I learned to roll around and put on a weight belt in the water. I achieved neutral buoyancy. But I could not descend to save my life.
On the bright side, I do not have an earache. And consequently do not dread tomorrow in the same way I dreaded today.
By this time tomorrow I will be a PADI certified open water diver. Or I will be crying in my mai tai. Either way, I will be in the spa. And regardless of the outcome, it has been a grand adventure.
I hurt all over. My legs are cramping up. I'm trying not to worry about this too much. Today I was so freaked out that I couldn't do as much of the checklist as I'd hoped.
Trying not to feel as if I do not make it then I have wasted a trip to Hawaii. That really isn't fair to myself and just makes me cry.
But today I put together my own gear. I walked into the water backward, I put my gear on in the water. I learned to roll around and put on a weight belt in the water. I achieved neutral buoyancy. But I could not descend to save my life.
On the bright side, I do not have an earache. And consequently do not dread tomorrow in the same way I dreaded today.
By this time tomorrow I will be a PADI certified open water diver. Or I will be crying in my mai tai. Either way, I will be in the spa. And regardless of the outcome, it has been a grand adventure.