Another long day. I said before that this whole thing is a little less intense that I initially thought, but don't get me wrong, it's work! I had to be at class at 7:40 to set up for my presentation.
My group was Paul, Lorne, and John, and we were evaluated by Jhair today. My topic was a DM Physics question, and I got a 4 out of 5, so not bad.
Then buckled down for a long day of class sessions. We talked about the business of diving, how to price courses, risk management, and how to keep people engaged and diving. All before lunch. Today was a lunch buffet at Mango Inn again, and it was better this time. Since they knew they had vegetarians, they swapped out our sloppy joes for egg salad. Didn't work for the vegan in the class, but me and the other veggie were ok.
Back to the classroom for another round of presentations. Vanessa covered the Open Water course, then the Adventures in Diving courses. Really good stuff, I learned quite a bit. The adventures can all be taught at my level, you only need to be a Specialty instructor if you are doing a full specialty certification, the adventures, including any you pick for Advanced, are almost all fair game. Really cool.
Finished a little before 4, and I headed back home to eat a quick dinner, then headed to UDC to meet with Lorne and Tracy to have a drink then go to a "Laser Show Orchestra" at the convention center. I couldn't remember actually putting my reg away on Monday, and sure enough, I'd left it out. The shop had it in the office, so yay! The unfortunate bit, aside from my complete spazzyness, is that the instructor who kept it safe was the same one who was there for my snafu dive last week, so I'm sure he just thinks I'm a complete idiot at this point.
Anyway, it's safe and sound with the rest of my gear now. There was a honduran girl selling fresh sugar donuts (only 15 limpuras!) so of course I had one. Delicious. Had a pina colada, chatted, then started to head up toward the laser show. Stopped about halfway because one of the girls meandering with us knew someone at Parrots. another dive center, and so we stopped there to have a free cup of rum. Very reminiscent of college, and I'm not in college anymore. Good rum though. Walked up the road, rum in hand, to the convention center. It's...this big open room, probably about half the size of a soccer field (which incidentally was across the road). We were there really early, but it was ridiculous. Probably 20 people there, and half of them were little kids. It was literally some music and some basic lasers. We stayed less than 5 minutes, and grabbed a tuktuk back to the shop (30 limpuras each). Stopped breifly by a coffee shop that had open mic night, but it's been a long day, so I headed back home pretty soon after. Took a quick shower, and here I sit.
Before lunch I had time to prep my presentations for tomorrow's open water session. I'm trying my BC again, instead of a rental, so hopefully nothing goes wrong.
Super itchy with mosquito bits.
Tomorrow is a late start for most of us (there are some students who have some remedial work to do in the morning) so I don't have anywhere to be till 11:30. Depending on how early I get out the door, I may go to Paya Papaya for breakfast, or at least grab a decent cup of coffee.
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