Dive Buddy

As some may already know, I've been dating Jocelin for some time now. Jocelin has been interested in taking up scuba diving for quite awhile now and she recently enrolled in a class. This weekend she'll be going to Gilboa Ohio for her certification dives. I'll be tagging along to get in some good diving and generally have a good time. We're both really looking forward to the trip and I'm looking forward to have a dive buddy that I can chat about diving with. Hopefully that'll reduce the amount of dive related stuff my non-diving buddies need to hear (and read).

On a side-note, observant readers may note that this is the first time that Jocelin has made it into the blog. As Jocelin and I spend increasing time together it seems she comes up in more and more aspects of my life... thus she is now fair game for the blog.

CPR Certified

As a prerequisite to the Rescue Diver course I'm taking next week I had to get certified in CPR and first aid. The class was held at my local dive shop and I was the only true student. There was one other guy there but he was already certified... he just hung out so I'd have some company and some help with the activities. Overall it was a very good class. The instructor was knowledgeable and spent quite a bit of timing going over things to make sure that I had it down cold. He also had some great recommendations for building a decent first aid kit which is appropriate for diving or non-diving needs.

Now that the CPR course is out of the way I'm definitely looking forward to the class next week. It's going to be Sunday to Sunday every day which is going to be a bit hectic but it should be a great experience.

Dive Class

Okay, it's been a long time since my last post and I have a ton of stuff going on. I've been busy and a bit on the incommunicado side lately but I hope to rectify that starting now. I'll have a couple posts in the next couple days. For the diving readers out there (hey Susan, hey Roland), you may share my excitement that I'm scheduled to start the PADI Rescue Diver class on the 23rd. For the non-diving readers... I promise to get some non-diving posts up shortly.

The Rescue Diver class is one which engenders many positive comments. It focuses on first aid and rescue. We get to do fun in-water rescue scenarios and as part of the class I'll be taking a CPR course. The class is very reasonably priced, particularly compared to what shops in more tropical venues charge. The next step will be to go for Divemaster certification which would give me the required certification and training to assist in open water classes and to lead "Discover Scuba" dives. My LDS has already indicated that they need divemasters and that if I get the certification they'll hook me up with classes. Having a chance to teach scuba would be a ton of fun!