One Week of Summer Break Down

This was quite an exciting week.  Scuba certification.  Mihika's 21st birthday party.  Visited Adelanta.  Elijah is visiting and was staying in my bedroom.  Susie's birthday.  

This coming week is Camp Adventure.  Simon's birthday party.  LBJ team meeting.  Trying to get vehicles repaired.

Scuba was a very good experience.  4 training dives and a 5th bonus dive at Perch Lake in Santa Rosa.  Saw a plane and some fish, trout and catfish.  Met a lot of neat people.  Some really good instructors.  Had a nice stay at a nice hotel.  Looking forward to more adventures in the future hopefully.  Saturday evening at the motel was interesting.  Looked at pictures on Facebook, then went to bed with, not that, but scuba diving on my mind.  The images of being under water without air was what I was thinking about.  But then in the morning those thoughts of worry were all gone and I enjoyed the two dives quite a bit.  

Meeks birthday was nice.  I thought I was going to be a flop and started to get down on myself.  Then, people started showing and it turned out to be a lot of fun.  It was Lydia, Matthew, and Natalie.  I think I would not try to do it again.  Maybe next year when she finishes her time at Volcano Vista H.S.  

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