Subaqua Sternal Rubs

Time for the old weekend update:

Friday: Remember something about going to class… Not much else

Saturday: The morning was spent diving the King Mitch and San Juan again (previous dive.) On the King Mitch we saw a bunch of nurse sharks, and a reef-tip shark, as well as a large spotted manta ray, numerous large barracuda, and various other fish. I don't know what it is about this dive, but I just consume air way too fast. After only 29 min at 100-120 feet, I ended up on the boat with 300psi, but at least I had enough air for my safety stops I have no clue why this happened - it's not like I haven't seen sharks, or been down that deep before… I've done both on numerous occasions - that wreck just must do it for me.

We had an hour long surface interval, which provided the entertainment portion of the morning. Since the boat was full of only about 8 local med/vet students, the staff let loose with their jovially abusive conversation (With the exception of occasional cruise ships, the students are the dive shop's major livelihood. Just not too many tourists yet.) Then there was a diving competition from the boat's fly bridge. All in all, not a bad way to spend a surface interval.
The second dive to the San Juan provided views of 8 nurse sharks either in the wreck, or swimming freely within a few feet of me. Other than that, not really much interesting except a school of spade fish. On this dive, as on the previous dive, I was diving on Nitrox. Even with the "Enriched Air," I came within 4 minutes of my No Decompression Limit on the 90 ft dive which followed the 120 ft dive. I don't know how the air divers stayed within their limits. They don't know either, as they weren't diving with computers (or staying within the tables…)

In the evening, around 6PM, I was tasked with moving one of the students from my dorm to the satellite campus/dorms at Grand Anse. Which wasn't really all that bad, since I was given access to the "RA van" for the entire weekend to accomplish something that took 20 minutes While over at Grand Anse, one of the RA's over there was having a barbecue/cookout/party, and he invited me to stay. I was glad I did, since I had some of the best burgers and Buffalo Hot Wings on the island. I got the recipe for the wings, and I'll have to try it sometime I ended up staying till around 10:30, and then I went home. I was pretty exhausted, so I ended up just checking some email and going to sleep.

Today, Sunday, is devoted to studying, which I am going off to now…

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