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Busy day off

Posted on October 10, 2016 by G

I’m one of those lucky folks who get Dia de la Raza off (not using the other name, thanks) so theoretically today should’ve been a nice third day of the weekend. In practice, it was exhausting. I started the day … Continue reading →

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Back on land

Posted on August 5, 2015 by G

I made it home uneventfully yesterday, and was super excited to see my partner (a week away was hard) and sleep in my own bed. Today I’m working at home but I have a big pile of meetings to call … Continue reading →

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Almost official

Posted on August 1, 2015 by G

Well, today was my first boat check-out dive, plus my exam. Yes, I passed. (It really wasn’t too hard.) And finally getting to go dive in the ocean was really cool :) The worst parts of the trip were on … Continue reading →

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Halfway through my open water cert!

Posted on July 31, 2015 by G

Roughly halfway, anyway! Tomorrow I go out on the boat to do my skills test in the actual ocean instead of a pool– then comes the written test. I’m both excited (about the dive) and nervous (about the test and … Continue reading →

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Next best thing to gills

Posted on June 16, 2015 by G

Back at work today, bleh. It’s actually pretty slow right now, which I’m not really enjoying, but I get to catch up on reading papers and emailing and organizing all the knowledge transfer I’m working on. I’d rather be writing … Continue reading →

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