Go what myself ?????

...In Sickness and in Health??

Scuba diving everyday has forced us to learn quickly. The ocean is filled with lots of interesting coral and fish.........and some things that appear to be about half of each. Diving involves never straying to far from your "buddy" for safety reasons. You can share air, untangle each other, and generally keep your buddy out of trouble.

The difficulty underwater is the obvious one........communication. Everything is done with hand signals. Communicating about things like your remaining air supply, cramps, or general feeling of well-being is critical. More fun than that is pointing out and "discussing" the fish you see.

Hand signals are how it all happens. Above the surface, Kirstin making a fist over her stomach means "my pizza didn't agree with me". Under water ? She wants to know how much air I have. In the supermarket, if my wife contorts her hand just so..........it means she's "too legit to quit". She hasn't done that since MC Hammer was playing the Wisconsin State Fair. Underwater, it means she has 2000 PSI of air.

We've devised all sorts of hand signals to discuss our finds........there are now signals for "fat-head fish" (real name unknown).....barracuda, "tin man looking fish" (real name also unknown), tarpon, watch out for that boat's propeller, let's swim closer together.

Sometimes Kirstin invents a new one. We were having a good dive yesterday, when my wife got my attention and balled up one fist while pushing her finger through the middle of it. "Down here ?....you really think we can ?"

Oh- duh, my bad.........our signal for "a moray eel is hiding inside the coral". We've still got a ways to go to perfect this. More to come.