Reef day

As any diver knows, a day on the reef is absolutely exhausting.  We’re no exception.

It’s about 7:45 right now and I’m counting the minutes until dinner is done and we can go to sleep.  Tim’s been in the shower for close to thirty minutes, I should go check on him actually.

The GBR was nice.  Lots of beautiful coral and we saw a bazillion giant clams during our dives.  We were in a very small group, just two other couples so it was almost as if we had the dive instructor to ourselves, which was nice.   Bucket list: check.

Both Tim and I have random injuries though.  Tim has water in his ear that he can’t get out and it’s quite painful and a bug bite on his leg.  We went to the pharmacy and the pharmacist gave him Tylenol with codeine for his ear.  Seriously, no prescription, no paperwork, she just gave it to him.   So different.  I have a swollen eye lid and I have no idea how it happened.  I was washing my face in the shower when I realized it hurt and when I checked, sure enough, freaky swollen eye.

Stop worrying Mom, we are fine.  They have medicenter’s here, and I am a pro at driving now, so we’re good to go.

We continue to be surprised at how much the Aussies hate Americans.  As soon as we open our mouths to speak, the smiles leave their faces and we are met with indifference, on a good day.  We thought we might be overreacting because we’re used to the over the top friendly Midwest, but I really don’t think we are.  The chicks on the boat today were downright rude.  But then again, that could be because they work on a dive boat and have to clean up after people on vacations all day.  Oh well, we are having tons of fun despite the shitty attitudes.

We think tomorrow might be a vegging beach day, doing nothing but reading and watching the waves.   Yeah, the more I think about it….sunburn be dammed, that’s what we’re doing.

Okay, must take one of Tim’s pills sign off. 

Hope you guys are having a great day!