i am a fish!
I am one with the fishes! I´m so in love with diving!! I´ve had many drinks! I love Cozumel! hahhaaOK, so I´m officially a CERTIFIED DIVER!! WAHOO!! I did 2 dives Saturday, 2 dives Sunday (my 4 open water cert dives) with an awesome divemaster named Ian, from Manchester... total CUTIE and sweetheart. My Mom got to come with me - the arm did great! - and we really lucked out on some serious 1 on 1 attention and dives. SO COOL!!! We dove Palancar Gardens, Columbia Shallows and today 2 more at Palancar Caves and umm, I can´t remember the other one... but wow was the current STRONG today!! Pretty cool because you just float along watching stuff, but you really can´t stop & check something out if you want to the current just cruises you along. It´s like floating in outer space! SOOO COOL!!!!!!!!!!! I want to live under the water with the fishies and never come up!
We´ve seen beautiful sea turtles, mantaray, a huge green moray eel, some humongous grouper today, baracudas, huge lobsters, crabs, and tons of beautiful, beautiful schools of fish! The coral and sponge here is totally amazing!! A lot has been covered in sand from the hurricane, so my Mom said it was even more magnificent before, but it was really amazing to me regardless. I´d only been diving in Maui & Puerto Vallarta before, so Cozumel is a total treat ESPECIALLY in the coral reef department. Seriously, at Palancar there is this huge wall that goes down about 3000 feet and you can look down it and it´s so cool to think the ocean just goes down forever and ever till it´s pitch black. I´m in love with the ocean. Diving is the most amazing experience. Think about those dreams you have where you can fly... it´s like that. You think, ¨I want to go up a little¨ and so you take in a deep breath and you float up a little and then you breath out and you float down... it´s dreamy!!! And the little fishies just look at you like you´re a big fishy. You swim right along with them and sometimes they follow the yellow fins of the divemaster, thinking that he´s part of their school. heheehee!
Oh, funny side effect from being on the boat, is that right now typing this I sorta feel like I´m swaying side to side. But this time I´m not nauseous (sp), like I was with the rocking sensation after that cruise a year ago... this time it feels cool... like I´m on a waterbed. I´m giddy with love for the ocean and the sun and all the free drinks. hahaa. I actually haven´t been having that many - but today´s the last day, so I´ve had like umm... maybe 4 or 5 total. I just got done with a yummy margarita I sipped while I was in line for one of the 2 internet machines. :p
I loved all your comments and the few emails I got, too. I´ve been thinking of my friends a lot and how STOKED I AM FOR SXSW!!!!
Lastnight we went & had a yummy dinner in town and I bought some silver. I probably could have bargained the guy down more, but I am pleased with what I bought. AND I go back tonite and pick up a ring they custom made for me! yay! I love silver.
My Mom is getting ready right now and we´re heading out for our last night on the town. I gotta say, I don´t really wanna go back to working, when laying out in the sun - reading a ton (I already finished Perks of a Wallflower) - eating and sleeping whenever, and wearing hardly anything all day long is sooooo naaaiiiice. But I also must admit I am re-energized!! Plus, it´s not so tough that I really only have to work a few days and then I jaunt off to Austin for a week. Gawd I love my life!!
My Mom is here, so I´d love to write more, but I´m ready for dinner (and another margarita!). Can´t wait to show you all the amazing photos. It´s been the best best best time and I´d recommend this resort to anyone. Not to mention just a vacation all around. Vacations in sunny places at all inclusive resorts where you can swim with the fishes. A+!!
We fly out tomorrow. See you peeps on IM tomorrow night *wink* (cuz i don´t know where the semicolon is). xoxo
UPDATE: Photos posted
