Well, Patrick and my Thursdays are now spoken for the next 7 weeks, so that we can get certified in SCUBA. You may remember we went SCUBA diving for the first time in the Red Sea, and we decided that we would go through the certification process when we got back to the States.The classes are broken up into half lecture and half pool work. The first class was pretty much about swimming around (I've decided that I really don't like swimming anymore), but the second class we did get to actually do some underwater stuff with tanks.
Turns out certification is not cheap. In addition to the class, we also had to buy fins, snorkel, mask, and boots - and there's also the open water exam which is a little extra - pretty much quadruples the original price of the class. And if we actually really get into it - then we're talking suit, breathing apparatus, etc. Oh well, it's just money.
It also looks like this group plans a lot of diving trips to the Carribean, so we'll probably try to do one next year with them for a whole week.
