Hello Again!

It's been a busy few months.... When last I wrote, SCUBA classes were in the future, as was the Miami Boat Show and I had just begun to work-out regularly again. Well, let me get things updated starting with the boat show. We stayed in Fort Lauderdale with my sister and brother in law so there was plenty of time to take a full day to look over all the goodies (and boy-howdy were there a LOT) then go back on the last day for all the bargains we'd been told the exhibitors would have... they were too smart for that this year, companies sent mock-ups of their items to the show so they didn't have display models to sell cheap. Oh well, we had a wonderful visit with my family and Bill placed a large enough order with one company that they gave him a fairly good discount and had it all shipped to us at the marina within a few weeks. Now we are working on getting everything installed in Iron Jack. But that's another story for another post....... I attended 2 SCUBA classes per week for 4 weeks and was a very good student (If I do say so myself!). Once again, it was time to take advantage of my sister's hospitality as the open dives necessary for certification were to be in the Atlantic off Pompano Beach. There were to be 4 dives, 2ea on Saturday and Sunday, during which we would demonstrate the skills we'd learned in the classroom and pool at American Divers Int'l.. My classmates and I proved ourselves to be eligible for certification as Open Water Divers and had a lot of fun in the process! I only wish that I'd had more time in the intervening 3 months to practice my new skills. I think that's my own fault for not fitting it into my schedule so I had to 'just do it'....... Planet Fitness still isn't as user friendly as Curves (not by a long shot) but I have become accustomed to it and have even been mistaken for a 'gym rat' by a few other members (that's a compliment, I'm told). I've even got a friend coming with me now... she's wanted to work out for a while but was a bit intimidated by the equipment. She seems to enjoy it now, maybe my time at Curves helped me be a good personal trainer for her....... Well, I have to get back to work now... I'll tell you what we're doing now when I next write...... The pic is of my Louisiana friend, Kay and I hamming it up for the camera when she was down for a visit......