Wednesday and it already seems as though it’s been a long week.

I’ve been pretty busy with the DMT’s and Nicole, my eco intern.  Today, I thought it would be good to get her to make some sort of structure that we can deploy at our artificial reef, Junkyard and then transplant corals onto it.

She’s been thinking about this for a few days and came up with the idea of a turtle, as Koh Tao is ‘Turle island’.  So having worked out the rough measurements etc we met up at 9am this morning and bought the necessary rods, reebar etc which were delivered an hour or so later down at Crystal.  In the meantime I had organised the DMT’s to come and help  ..so it was up to her to delegate and get things done  …I did from time to time go down and interfere, I just couldn’t help myself,  ..as she/they didn’t seem to get getting anything done and she’s only had the DMT’s help for a couple of hours.

Anyway, as the DMT’s were only there till 12.30 and our so called professional welder, Belha didn’t show up at all this morning (sick)  ..I grabbed Will, a DM who had as much experience with a welder as I had for moral support and attempted welding the legs on but it just wasn’t working and then a miracle happened, my 2nd attempt  ..I cracked it!.  2 legs on and then came the rain LOL

So… its been a few days since the last post.

Jenny has been super Eco busy with her intern Nicole. out doing various Drupella snail collections, clam measurements, beach clean ups and also been conducting CoralWatch with Divemaster Trainees.

I have been busy with website stuff as usual, doing bar management work.

On Friday, Jen and I went home early (7pm) for once, and they have been digging up the road. I was going slowly but didn’t see a pothole in the dug up road. We hit the dirt, and moments later had bystanders helping us up… We both were wearing our helmets and have only a few grazes fortunately.

The bikes steering was out of alignment and the handlebars were loose, but I was able to ride it home, where we both showered and I cooked dinner and we had a few Gin & Tonics to relax.

Since then, its been a Chinese National holiday, so the island has been inundated with tourists learning to dive. I was asked to film an Open Water but after the dives my knee became quite sore, so I decided to stay out of the water for a few days to let it heal better. Jenny had the weekend off, washing her bike and chilling out. Today she is back in the water so hopefully her knee has had time to heal.

The next week or so will be full of students learning, so the sooner I can get back in the water and film, the better.

Saturday and it’s my day off 🙂

I woke around 10.30 to find a note from Simon, he’d already left for work 🙁

So what to do?   I started off with a nice cuppa and then decided I’d get stuck into my exercise video. It’s only a 20 minute session but it’s pretty hard or is it that I’m not used to cardio anymore  ..LOL

So after exercising, I decided to blitz the house, change the sheets, sweep outside, sort out the washing and generally tidy.  Just what you do on a day off.  It took me hours and that in itself was another work out.  It looks so clean now.   By the time I had finished it was around 2.30

After showering, I got dressed and jumped on my bike and headed down to Crystal, stopping on the way to order water which has yet to be delivered.  At Crystal I caught up with Simon and gave him some welcomed nibbles of peanuts and an big juicy red apple 😀  I only stayed for 20 minutes or so and then made a plan to cook a veggie curry.  So on my way back to the house I did a shop and then cycled home to make a start on this evenings culinary delights.  I’m not the best at creating but I think I’ve done OK

Sitting down with a glass of OJ I’m now putting my feet up and waiting for Si to come home.  What hour that will be I just don’t know as he’s having a nightmare with websites, work etc

I’m so glad of the ‘Whatsup’ App ..as I’ve been messaging all my ugly sisters and having a bit of a giggle.