The Next 12 Days - Day 3

Today is the day I started class… It was very reminiscent of being back Cal Poly at the start of the quarter listening to the instructor go over the class outline, read off the required materials, and inform us about the quizzes we would be taking. Then I realized I was in Phuket, Thailand learning to be a SCUBA instructor again and that put a big smile on my face.
Earlier that morning Breanna and I woke up early to get a run in before it got to hot and the sun would only permit us to be in the shade. We ran along Beach Street for about a half hour until we realized that we were both out water and needed something to rehydrate. After a quick shower I was off to school and Bre planned on spending a day at the beach nose deep in the book Twilight.
I met the rest of my class mates during the first part of the morning:

Marian is an English woman who has been living in Sydney Australia for the last 9 years. A 40 year old graphic designer who has decided to take her life in her own hands and do more of the things she loves; teaching people to dive.

Roger is also English who retired as a commercial real estate broker to avoid an early layoff. He and his wife moved to Thailand a month ago and rented a flat about a half hours drive south of Patong Beach. His money is getting him 4.5 to 1 just by transferring it over to Thai Bot so he figured by retiring earlier in Thailand he was going to be okay and diving was something he could do make some extra money. His wife had been at a language school to learn how to teach the local Thai business owners basic conversational English.

Kym is a 24 year old Auzzie from just outside Sydney who does not want to join the real world quite yet. While on a trip with her friend along the gold coast she did a discover SCUBA diving program and was instantly hooked. She has been here for about two months working her way from basic open water diver through to the Instructor course.

Tim and Jo are also an Auzzie couple (yeah I am surrounded by Australians, good for me for where we will be going next) who are their regular two month holiday (vacation to us Americans) from their regular jobs. Both work on private yachts that travel all over the world; Tim has never been diving in the same place twice and Jo had completed her diver master in Honduras in between shore excursions with the ship owner. These two intrigue me the most because of their relaxed attitude on live and their outlook on what is important. They both value each other and the experiences that they have been fortunate enough to be a part of. I am looking forward to introduce them to Breanna and develop a friendship.

My days over the next two weeks will pretty much be the same; classroom instruction in the morning and pool in the afternoon. Breanna will be going to the beach, taking walks, accompanying me to the resort, and reading (go Team Edward). We will get to spend dinner together then I will be hitting the books again to get my homework done for the next day. We miss you all, Cheers!!!
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