Blogs from Pompano Beach, Florida, United States, North America

So sorry to have not updated recently. We received the news December 23 that the World Cruise would not take place but that we could continue starting March 22 in Singapore. We decided to take that option instead of canceling the whole thing. Some of our fellow travelers did and booked for next year. Who knows what next year will bring or even the next few months as we have learned the hard way. Thank goodness for VRBO - we quickly found a place in Pompano Beach and we are so happy to be here. Another rough winter is in progress in the Northeast - sheesh! Enjoying the beach, and the added luxury of having my brother and sisters-in-law here, each for a month. Grandsons are coming down for a visit during there week off in ... read more

Following Georges visit to the doctors in Jamaica, he has made a good recovery, but the medication has now run out and he thinks he still needs a little more. The rash was still pretty vast and the associated nerve pain more prominent that we would wish. The original doctor did advise that this may be the case. The doctor’s office was about a mile from our motel. The receptionist had advised a bus or taxi, but we decided that our feet would do this job and walked the mile or so. George got some additional pain killers and some steroids and advice to help along with the virus. With Walgreens across the street, this was the obvious place to take his medication prescriptions and also to start on our essential small shopping list. When we ... read more

I had been waiting for years for something to come along and wake me up, and I didn't even know it. I spent my days plugging away, working hard, struggling to finish school, get a good job, and then. . . and then what? In September 2010 I realized that I had no idea what I was going to do after I did all of the things I was supposed to do. I also came to the conclusion that I wasn't happy. I worked as a waitress to put my self through college. And after changing my major, and my mind, several times I was still there 8 years and tens of thousands of dollars later. I was miserable. I suddenly became restless, and angry, and emotional. I knew I had to get away. I just ... read more

That's it, that's all folks! Today we were able to go out! And that means I completed all the dives and certifications i set out to do! All the dives today were on nitrox, my first time using it and it was pretty cool. The first dive was my deepest dive yet at 101 feet (everyone else went 100feet...) on a wreck called 'Captain Dan" and it was a beauty of a wreck!. Huge! With all kinds of cabins and hallways (theres a bunch of youtube videos of it). We didnt penetrate the wreck but I would love you go back again and see the inside. I was with my original dive buddies, Mark and Jim, who both snapped some pictures of the dives, so those will be posted when I get them. Both Mark ... read more

Working for the weekend! I haven't dove again this week, however I have accomplished a fair amount. On Monday evening (after a day full of studying), I successful complete my first dive certification! A dive certification I actually wasn't planing on having, Enriched Air, also know as "Nitrox". The air in a regular diving tank is the same as the air we breath only compressed; 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen. Breathing nitrogen under pressure means your body is accumulating it in your body and this is why there is a limited amount of time a diver can stay at a certain depth and why divers must wait a calculated amount of time between dives in order for the nitrogen to leave the body. Nitox is a difference percentage mix between oxygen and nitrogen and specifically ... read more