Snorkeling

So part of today's aquarium experience was swimming with whale sharks and other fishies in the Ocean Voyager exhibit. I got there about an hour and a half early, so I wandered around looking at fish, and spent about a half an hour staring at the sea otters (my favorites!) Then I went for a swim test - which I failed, but I still got to do the swim with the gentle giants thing... so I was pretty nervous when I first put the regulator in my mouth, but by the time I got halfway around, I was used to it. Yes, I've used one before, but I'd forgotten what it feels like. And it is weird. So I put my face in the water, and there was this jack like right there in front of my face, and I jumped. But then I kinda calmed down and started looking around and it was seriously the most relaxing thing ever. we swam a figure 8 over the exhibit, and I actually bumped into a whale shark! And two of the manta rays came really close, too. 

Thankful

Just in time for Thanksgiving, I decided to do my list of 100 things that I am thankful for

1.     swimming with the fish

2.     being able to volunteer at the aquarium

3.     being able to stand long enough to volunteer

4.     Jack’s surgery

5.     Awesome level 4 and CTG girls

6.     Pregnant beluga

7.     Being in generally good health

8.     A car that hasn’t seriously broken down yet

9.     Henry’s help

10. Henry’s health

11. This house

12. Kevin’s job

13. My job

14. My school

15. I have a cool advisor

16. Mom’s surgery went well

17. Rogue knowing when I need cuddles

18. Friends in Statesboro

19. Sluggysquad

20. Tyke keeps not getting eaten

21. The SCA

22. VA medical care

23. Social Security

24. Getting VA checks

25. People who love me

26. Selling some books on amazon.com

27. Kelly’s job

28. Dad’s job

29. A loving husband

30. My GPS

31. appleTV

32. Netflix

33. A comfortable bed

34. Internet access

35. Living in a first world country

36. People willing to sacrifice for their ideals ie occupy

37. Dolphin swim

38. Jack’s love

39. Elizabeth and Nat

40. Victor’s help

41. Mark’s help

42. Knowledge

43. My summer job

44. Archery certification

45. My ipad

46. My iphone

47. My computer

48. Being able to fix my computer and rescue all data

49. We’ve always had enough to feed at least our pets

50. Alcohol

51. Staying strong enough to not smoke again

52. My hair

53. My health

54. Rabbi Steve

55. Vivienne

56. Weird Al tickets

57. Semester at sea

58. Russia

59. Guatemala and Argentina

60. Acceptance at the Temple

61. No one was hurt in David’s accident

62. No serious damage in Kevin’s accident

63. Puppy kisses

64. 100pounds2lose group

65. New clothes that fit

66. Dinner with mom

67. A safe cross country drive

68. Other people to cook for Thanksgiving

69. Sea otters being rescued

70. Sea turtles being returned to the wild

71. Living in relatively peaceful time

72. Refund from AT&T

73. Beluga interaction at Sea World

74. Awesome family

75. No accidents for me

76. A nice bathtub

77. Our military

78. We found Madelyn when I let her free

79. I haven’t lost all my teeth like I keep dreaming I will

80. All my senses work right

81. I get to talk into microphones

82. Good cholesterol numbers

83. My heart rate went down some

84. My friends

85. Figuring out anemia was causing my jaw problems

86. Quiet time

87. Finding my Quran

88. Finding my DVDs

89. Abilify

90. No major depressive episodes this year

91. No major manic episodes this year

92. Kevin at work amusing me

93. Youthful looks

94. Kevin’s car not breaking down

95. I’m not as crazy as I could be.

96. Hand/wrist pain seems to have gone away

97. Robert’s friendship

98. Having known Mr. Dalke

99. Kevin finding the jewelry

100.                Having lived another year.

DITL November 15

Good morning DITL.
















There is actually one of these shots in every single DITL I've ever done. Either I use a lot more gas than I thought or this is very strange.








I'm not even late, and I'm stuck on the 3rd floor. What's up with that?





The Penguins are off exhibit. Which makes Cold Water Quest not so much fun. Although I love the Sea Otters, you do get assigned where to stand, and the position of standing by the empty penguin exhibit and hearing people whine over and over isn't so much fun





This little fish was thought to be extinct until he was found in a river in Georgia. Yay Happy Endings!











TJ the sea turtle thinks he's hiding. Little does he know we can all see him!














The biologist shows up to feed the rays in the middle of my time at the ray pool :)














The Mezzanine - not an easy job now that the whale slide is open.





The absolute bane of my existence. I don't like to tell kids no, but they have to be smaller than this to play. Most kids are too big.

















Free food is the best food. And they gave me a coupon :)





And to school with me.








Livetext - the bane of my academic existence.











Relax with a puppy





get puppy attacked by another





ZZZZZ

Bimonthly update

Finished this 2 weeks:
Write a list of 50 places I'd like to visit

Progress this 2 weeks:
Read To Pray As A Jew
Complete a Sudoku book
Read 12 books
Complete a 1000 piece puzzle
Participate in LJ Idol

Places I'd like to Visit

One of my tasks was to write a list of places I'd like to visit. Someday when I have money, a future list will involve researching them and visiting some of them. I hope. But for now, I give you 50 places I'd like to see before I die: Places to Visit
 1. Dead Sea, Israel
 2. Train trip from Germany to Ukraine
 3. Auschwitz, Poland
 4. Dublin, Ireland
 5. Santiago, Chile
 6. Antarctica
 7. Brisbane, Australia
 8. Hobart, Australia
 9. Oregon, USA
 10. Trans Siberian Rail Road
 11. Gorilla trek in East Africa
 12. Hike the Appalachian Trail
13. Fiji
 14. Egypt
 15. Panama
 16. Mount Rushmore
 17. Hawaii
 18. New Zealand
 19. North Dakota Dinosaur hunt
 20. Cambodia
21. Yellowstone national park
22. Boston
 23. Idaho
 24. Kyiv, Ukraine
 25. Mongolia
 26. Safari from Kenya to South Africa
 27. The Amazon River
 28. Machu Pichu, Peru
 29. The Tajj Mahal
 30. The Great Wall of China
 31. Italy
 32. London
33. Spain
34. Georgia, Europe
35. Moldova
36. Galapagos islands
37. English countryside
38. Irish countryside
39. French countryside
40. Wailing Wall
 41. North Dakota
42. South Dakota
 43. New York City after the new WTC monument gets built
44. Long term South African mission trip
45. Southernmost tip of Argentina
46. Greenland
47. Denmark
48. Holland
49. Easter Island
50. Pennsic

October update

Completed: Nothing this 2 weeks :( Progress: Complete a sudoku book Complete a DITL 10 times Complete a 1000 piece puzzle Complete a coloring book Participate in LJ Idol Finish the book about me Weigh myself no more than weekly for a year (220 this week) Complete the 5000 question survey

DITL October 30th

Good Morning, DITL! How are you today? I'm good. And dressed all nice to go out within 15 minutes of waking up!

Pretty sure I've done this every single DITL I've ever done. Not sure why it always unfolds that way.

I'm only supposed to have a 10 gallon tank, so what's with the 11 gallons of gas this morning?

I'm here before the stores open. Oops! Turning in job applications for seasonal work.

Only one thing to do when you've got nothing else to do!

Looks nice for the rest of the week! Yay!

Write a lesson plan.

Seven pages later, stop to goof around for a bit.

Kindle app for the ipad has saved me so much money it's not even funny, in textbooks as well as just books. Today it's homework time.

Spend considerable time trying to get a good picture of the dog - probably my last ever picture of this dog as it is my sister's dog, and it is moving to North Carolina soon.




Doggie never stops moving!

HAH! I WIN!

Spend a little time being quiet...

Before helping make dinner

So, we had to marinate the meat, and didn't realize it until we were cooking. So here's a short break in cooking while we chat about nothing.

Veggies

steak! Nom!

Cheat on my diet just a bit...

We're making thank you gifts for people who have helped me with a class I'm taking.


More reading on the kindle, and writing another paper...
This is followed by trying and failing to sleep, and then posting this, lol. It's after midnight, so I guess my day is done. Good night, DITL.