Subaqua Sternal Rubs

Having just finished midterms, thus having nothing to study, I spent the day scuba diving. And I mean the day - I ended up doing three dives, and I was at the dive shop from around 9 AM to about 4:00 PM. Today's dives included:

• The Bianca C - I think this is my 4th time doing this dive, but it was better than where the other boat was going. See the ship's history here.
• Shark Reef - Another much frequented dive site, but I didn't mind. It's actually one of the better shallow sites. No sharks spotted this time, but we did see many large lobsters and huge king crabs. Unfortunately, it is illegal for any non-native to catch any fish/shellfish using scuba equipment.
• After a brief lunch at the adjacent resort restaurant, I headed out for the third dive of the day, which was Dr. Groom's Garden. Unfortunately, before lunch they still weren't sure where each of the two boats was going. Well they ended up putting the people doing their last dive before open-water certification on one boat, and I was on the certified divers boat. Somehow my mask ended up on the opposite boat, which I didn't realize until we were about to jump in the water. Yes, my mask with corrective lenses installed, since I am almost legally blind without them… (But I can still drive in Grenada without them. ) Luckily one of the other divers had an extra mask in their gear bag, so I ended up borrowing that to complete the dive. It was a nice dive of fuzzy coral and colors. The fact that the mask was constantly leaking (a sign my hair is too long?) kinda helped - the layer of water, when held still magnified things, but they were still fuzzy. Unfortunately, the Divemaster found a bunch of really small things, such as banded coral shrimp, some rare nudibranch, and something else so rare he couldn't find it in the identification books. All of which I couldn't see.

After quickly running home and showering, it was off to the supermarket. On the way there though, I spotted one of the dive shop employees and offered her a lift home. Instead of being on the way though, it ended up being 20 minutes in-country. Which wasn't bad, since I hadn't really seen that part of the island since the hurricane, and it was nice to get out there. Unfortunately, I got lost on the way back (street signs are non-existent), but I was able to make it to the supermarket while they were still open, but perhaps more importantly, while they still had "real" 2% milk that expires in 8 days!

I'll be diving again on Tuesday (40 ft reef), and then again on Saturday (90 ft wreck), both night dives. Then either Friday, Saturday or Monday (all holidays from school) we are trying to set up an all-day trip to do some diving up north at Isle De Rhonde. Wow, now that I think about it, this is a lot of diving. But then again, it has been a whole month (that's 4 weeks) since I last dove… I think I deserve it… Hopefully my credit card can take it though…

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