Mock IE Day 2

Internet connection is pissing me off, so I'm writing this end of day 3.15, but not sure when I'll post. No one day in and of itself has been that bad, except for that one open water day, but I am just exhausted.

Today was the last day of the mock IE, and it went really well. Once again I woke up early (5ish) and had to be at the Mango Inn by 7:15. I was in a pool group first with Andy. What that means is I had to present a full confined water skill including briefing, demo, problem solving with students, and debrief. I had BC remove replace on the surface, missed a problem, but it wasn't a critical one, so I got a 4.something. 4.3 I think. Long day.  

Also had to do demos of 5 skills. 

5 pt descent

Bc remove replace

Reg recovery

Mask remove replace

Cesa

Got 5s on everything but the mask remove, got a 4 on that, need to do a slower clearing of it.

Then we packed up our gear, had some time to dry out, then it was into the classroom for knowledge presentations. Mine was on the most common cause of emergencies from Rescue. Got a 4.5, which is the best I've done on the stupid things.

All in all, I'm very happy that I've passed everything with a good margin for error, but I'm not gonna lie, I'm nervous as fuck for the actual exam.

I find out tomorrow night what skills I will have.

We finished real early, around 10:30, then had a debrief for the IDC. Got a UDC go pro shirt. I snagged the only black one, so I'm pleased :) then we had a pizza buffet at Mango.

That was it for the day. I came home and laid around, then went out for some dinner. If planned to go to El Picante, but in the continuing saga of being me, managed to follow signs for it and end up in the wrong restaurant! No matter, I ended up at Mango Tango, and had a delicious meal of sweet potato and walnut ravioli in a blue cheese sauce. That and a rum only cost about $11, which is a tiny bit high on the island, but well worth it. Gorgeous patio seating right on the ocean gave me the prettiest sunset view I've had here.

There's some sort of potluck happening at the apts right now which I was invited to, but I'm so drained and antisocial I just can't.

I've learned tons, but I've had to interact with too many people every day, and I miss D, and I miss puppy and lizard and my bed and the not 84 degree weather, and I haven't had a day off or without homework for 13 days. Tomorrow is technically a day off, but we're diving at 7 am, then the IE orientation is at 6 pm, so, not really a day off. No homework tonight at least.

Still, might see a whale shark tomorrow!