Subaqua Sternal Rubs

Yes, I am still alive. Sorry for the lack of posts, but I have been busy as of late. A quick recap of the past few days:

Sunday: Second dive with coronaborealis. The dive site was Dragon Bay (next door to the site of her first dive), and we ended up seeing some nice coral, and a nice assortment of tropical fish - including a "flat fish" (flounder) that I saw and had to point at for about 5 minutes before the Divemaster saw it. (To be fair, it was pretty well camouflaged against the coral, and he did the same thing to me when I was unable to pick out a barracuda in the distant haze.) This dive went much better than the first one - she generally managed to keep neutrally buoyant and swim horizontally, with me having to "rescue" her from floating to the surface only twice. She reminded me of myself when I was a young diver (both in age and experience), in that she was finning pretty quickly in an attempt to cover as much ground as possible. This despite the fact that there was a nice current that would have carried us along without effort, as well as allowed a chance to see some of the more micro stuff. (That's ok, I needed a good workout ) We ended up pretty far in front of the divemaster, so that we were no longer able to see him. Oops. Not that I was worried, since I elected to finish up our dive by ourselves to the maximum allowed time. I caught some very minor flak from separating from the group and necessitating another pickup, as well as having a maximum depth of 53 feet (as coronaborealis is not yet certified, theoretically her max depth is 40 ft). After diving, we relaxed a little, and then tried to find a nice restaurant that is open 1) on Sundays and 2) post-Hurricane Ivan. We finally succeeded at a nice place overlooking the water on the Carenage.

Monday: Went to classes in the morning. My afternoon was free, so coronaborealis and I decided to take a driving tour of the country - something I have wanted to do since I got here, but never got around to. We basically did a circle tour of the island, visiting all of the coastal towns, and traversing the center through the mountains and rain forest. I managed not to get lost, which is quite a feat, since I saw maybe 2 road signs in our 5 hour journey. (Yes, I did have to stop and ask for directions a couple of times. ) We also stopped at the Belmont Estate, which is supposed to have one of the best restaurants on the island. Unfortunately, I should have called ahead — the restaurant was still not repaired post-Ivan. After getting back, I managed to put some study time in, and cook dinner. (Spaghetti– woohoo!)

Tuesday: Today! More classes in the morning. After class, spent some time walking on Grand Anse beach and taking some pictures. After that, I managed to go to Physiology lab and put in a bit more study time. Tonight, after obligatory sunset pictures, it was off to the Aquarium for a nice meal. (Lobster Thermidor, mmm.) I thoroughly enjoyed it, and so did coronaborealis, except for the fact that the lobster still had an eye attached, staring at her.

Tomorrow it's off to the airport at 5:30AM for coronaborealis, and then back to the humdrum of medical school classes for me at 8…

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