10-19-08 Dutch Springs

Yesterday Bill & I ventured to Dutch Springs to perform drills for the Advanced Nitrox course I am taking with Geoff Grahmn of East Coast Diving. I almost did not get out of bed this morning because I've been fighting a cold and I could not shake the chills. It was in the 30's this morning and I did not know if I could manage to find the strength to get into that cold quarry water. Once we got there it was not as cold as I thought it would be and the water actually was quite warm as far as the quarry goes. Lets say that I made it through the day but it was not pretty. I was very tired and it took a lot out of me. I was not very graceful and actually quite clumsy. I didn't give up and I made it through my two dives and the objectives. I learned that I have a few things I need to practice more in the future. I hope that when we go out in the ocean in two weeks that I will be back to myself and able to feel more conifdent and proud of my accomplishment.

10-15-08 Unknown Wreck

I have been really bogged down with lots and lots of homework (about 20 hours a week) from the Individual Taxation Course I am taking at Richard Stockton College as part of the MBA Degree that I have been working on. If anyone has ever taken a tax course before, they will know how I feel, especially since I have my BS in Chemistry and accounting is like a foreign language to me. Therefore, today I played hookey from all of my responsibilities and went diving. We took our favorite private boat out to check out some numbers that Bill had. Just think deadeyes, brass spikes and ballast stone. The water temps were 65 degrees all the way to the bottom and the vis was about 10-15'. Not many fish and no lobsters seen. It was a great day and the weather was beautiful.