Quick Update

Randal has an ear infection and his left ear is swollen shut! We have antibiotics and ear drops and hopefully they will cure him quickly. No SCUBA until his ears are clear. We have had 2 days of classes and short dives in about 15 and 20 feet of water. The emergency skills are difficult for me, but the dives are so interesting that it makes me want to continue.

Randal went to the Classic Club yesterday and I stayed on the boat and read and painted and we both had a wonderful day. Today we stayed on the boat, too. Jane who is with Tony on a catamaran moored near us, came by for a girl visit. Tony went on to town and Jane stayed to chat with me. Women chat is definitely something I miss. Randal worked on our battery issue and I read and painted and, about 2:30 took the service boat to town. Some of our prepaid wifi cards weren’t working right so I needed to check on them. I also had to walk to the wet market for fruit and vegetables. On the way back I stopped in a small shop run by a lovely Muslim woman and her mother. Both were wrapped in yard of cloth from head to toe. Their faces were not covered. I was looking at the simple, skinny tie tops; it is very hot here. But the tops were made for women the size of the shop owner and just not big enough.
Randal and I had planned to go to the Friday Yacht Club barbecue but Randal really wasn’t up to it.

Tomorrow we will rest some more and hopefully early next week we can resume our SCUBA classes. We have to make 2 more dives for certification; in open water off of a boat into deeper water. I am looking forward to that, but am scared about the deeper water too.

If I ever get outlook working I will send photos, until then it’s the 1,000 words.


Ruth Johnson
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