OUCH!!!!

lol too! glad to see ya got some spunk. i like that!

Can I throw in some spice occasionally, too? LOL. Good to see ya 'round, Idaho!

Idaho Never had any desire to dive a cavern. Talked to a guy in Coz a few years back who dove a Cenote (obviously into diving, said he'd done 26 dives in 10 days). Took the ferry over to the mainland, rode in a van, had to hike a half mile back in the jungle carrying his gear and wearing his wet suit. 90 degrees, and there ain't no breeze. But then he got to jump into a cold pond topped with scum to see a few little fish in limited viz. Sounds like fun to me.
Things that really suck.

Can't get Belikin in the US
You can get it in AC, but you have to open the damn bottle, it doesn't come out of the water taps.
Getting to AC after Lobster season.
Coming home from AC

15 days and counting.

here's what sucks:

listening to everyone telling how many days left until they are on AC when you have no reservations!!!

jane,

I just got an email from f. He said to go ahead and make them, he'll go whenever you decide. WHAT a guy!

Only condition had something to do with no more meeting socially with "deviants and axe murderers". I'm not sure I understand that.

Everything is relative Jane. It sucks to be more "mature" and stuck in the cold for 9 months out of the year. On the other hand, 11 days, 1 hour,33 minutes and I won't be cold anymore. It sucks when you're not on vacation, and it blows when its over, but that week of silence in between is great. Keeps me from being the subject of some terrible movie. Look at it this way, when a bunch of us are back, you'll be on your way. In the scheme of things (in my opinion) that sucks.

I know that look. "I won't say a thing (yet). Hope you get down there sometime soon, Jane.

to all the divers out there, you are killing me. i can tell you about a sucky dive. do any of you remember last sept a delirious lady brought back from a dive trip being dragged across the dock & rushed to the hyperbaric chamber? well that was me & i had to be put in the chamber 5 times on 5 different days. it was my first day in ac and was not the vacation i had planned. after returning to houston and several visits to the medical center, a hole was found in my heart and i can no longer dive unless i have surgery to correct it. i feel cheated when everyone gets to dive & i have to snorkel. so i would pick the sucky ac diving anyday. i guess i'm just feeling sorry for myself today.
gay

gay: i was saddened to hear this, yet i am glad you are fine.

a confession: i am totally scared to death to dive. i only snorkel. i was 30 before i ever even did that. i am sure i will never dive.

with that in mind, remember, what happened to you is just a speedbump in the road of life. at least you had the courage to try.