scuba!

Well, I did it! I scuba dove (scuba dived?) for the first time. An hour on the bottom of a 14 foot pool--now that is weird.

I even had to take off my mask underwater and replace it--full of water--and drain the water out--while still under 10 feet of water. I got some water up my nose and swallowed a bit too, but managed to avoid panic and just keep breathing (and coughing) into my mouthpiece. I also had to remove my mouthpiece, drop it, find it again, and replace it without swallowing any water. That part is actually easier than the mask test.

It'll all pay off, though, when we're in Zanzibar this summer, diving around some of the best reefs in the world.