Monday, March 26, 2012

Beneath the Sea!

Just got back from a fabulously successful Beneath the Sea weekend in lovely Secaucus, NJ. This year both the NYC Sea Gypsies and the NY Aquarium Dive Team had booths. I split my time between manning the booths and wandering around the exhibit floor. Picked up several needed items and a few unneeded items too!

My two biggest purchases were some soft fleece drysuit underwear (which I hope will be warm enough -- will be good as a layer anyway!) and a surface marker buoy, specifically this one from Diver's Alert Network. I still need to get a spool for it. So excited for local dive season to start! I'm doing a "tryout" doubles class (that means diving with double tanks) in a couple of weeks at Scuba Connection in NJ. Then Dutch Springs opens a week later. Oh, and I almost forgot -- I'm signed up for the all-women Aquawoman dive this summer!

The weekend's most exciting development for me, however, was that on Sunday morning the head of the NY Aquarium Dive Team asked me if I'd like to become a Dive Team Leader. That means I would be one of a few divers on my day who oversees the team for the day and generally takes charge. It's a promotion I figured I would be given eventually, but I really wasn't expecting it now! The best part is, it seems the event that precipitated my being asked is one where I showed chutzpah and gave the Dive Team head a piece of my mind. He could have been furious, but he loved it, and promoted me!

There will more exciting things to report about my diving adventures in the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned. :)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Spring means dive season starts soon!

Just a brief post to convey my excitement for Beneath the Sea this weekend and the upcoming dive season. So excited to get back in the water, be back on a boat, be among divers! This year I've got a drysuit and am psyched to start the dive season earlier. I'll have lots to post about soon!