Bettyanne, you are so nice!!
 

Thanks so much, my friend!! I am a little nervous, for sure, but I think I will be OK!

I will let you know as soon as I get home. Heck, probably before, LOL, we take a computer with us everywhere we go!!

HUGS! :p

:D GO KICK UNDERWATER BUTT ! You can do it - I am positive you'll pass - you are way to determined not too

Wow! How exciting. I wish you the best of luck with your test. I'm sure you will do great, you are the kind of person who just gives it her all. You go girl!

You will do fine. I am an advanced scuba diver. I've been diving for over 10 years and I love it. Too bad we can't take our babies diving. LOL. You have to go to Turks and Caicos. I've visited many islands, but that one is my favorite. Good Luck!

Lololol
 

That "underwater butt" thing gave me a great visual, Villette!!! Thanks, sweetie, for your encouraging words!! :p

Oh wow!
 

Thanks, my friend!! But the thought came to mind, "wow, I certainly do have some people fooled around here"!! :lol tears :lol tears

Thanks!
 

I appreciate the encouragement, especially coming from an advanced diver! Yes, I have heard the Turks and Caicos diving is incredible! I am also looking forward to the reefs around Cozumel one of these fine days! See, everyone? The cool thing about getting your certification is after that, you have to USE it!! And of course, WARM water diving is so much more preferable... LOLOL!!

I appreciate everyone's kind words! I will let you know how it goes, so keep in touch with this thread! I will post pictures, too!

HUGS! :D

I am excited for you Glad! I can't wait til you get back and tell us how much fun you had and how you aced your certification!! MANATEES ARE SOOOO AWSOME!!!!! Hope you get some pictures to share with us!!!

Thanks, sweetie!!
 

And trust me, you won't have to wait until I get back! I will post daily, LOL!

Best of luck, Glad. I know you will pass, but do have fun also. Swimming with the manatees should be so much fun for you!

Good luck...let us know how it goes.

I Did It!!
 

I PASSED!!

I am now a Certified Open Water/Nitrox Scuba Diver!!!!!!!!! YIPPEE!!!

My friends and family have always told me I was "certifiable", but I am pretty sure they weren't talking about THIS, lol!! What an amazing experience!

We began our FL dive trip in Crystal Springs and Homassasa FL. We also did a drift dive in Rainbow River. My actual certification dive took place in Ginny Springs in front of the Grand Ballroom Cavern.

Here are a few photos David and I took. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/glad_d...=/3fe7&.src=ph
I was too busy to take a whole lot. Part of the trip was also a manatee encounter, and there are a couple shadowy pictures of the two manatees we spent an hour playing with. One of them weighed about 2,500 pounds!! It was MASSIVE! They would be floating along, and they would slip underneath you and then raise up and bump you up into the air! We scratched their backs, tickled their bellies and made them roll over like pups, and played with them until we were exhausted and cold. The water and air were in the low 70s.

I will have my "graduation" photos some time this week and will post them! Many thanks to everyone for all of your wonderful words and terrific support! I appreciated it very much!

WOOT WOOT WOOT! all that worry for nothing! YOU KICKED UNDERWATER BUTT! lol

Awesome!!!! Congrats to you! I am so jealous, I want to get certified.

Congrats on your accomplishment! That's really great. :) :thumbup: