After finishing Open Water I went straight on to an Advanced course with a Swiss and American chap.  Both very nice and good in the water which was a lovely way to start the ‘revised’ Open water course.  There’s been a few addition/amendments which seemed to take a lot longer with academics and the confined/pool session,  so I can’t really comment as to whether it’s any better.

With Christmas fast approaching, we are trying to get into the festive spirit.  We’ve purchased Santa hats, put decorations up  ..it all seems a bit odd when it’s so warm and with everyone still working.   I’ve got my Christmas shift 12-2pm  ..so manning the office and Kirsty is doing 2-4pm.

We’ve got lots of pressies under the tree  ..mostly from everyone in the UK  ..so lovely!    I still trying to contact Santa to give him a few tips on what Simon would like in his stocking but I’ve had no reply  ..we’ll just have to wait and see  🙂

I’ve had the last couple of days off.  I’ve managed to go out on the bike, after having my puncture and tyre replaced.   Having not cycled for over a week or so, I felt the burn, not only in my legs but I didn’t pick the best time to go out  LOL   When will I learn?!

Alright folks,

After another intensive few days, and feeling like collapsing into bed as soon as I got home…  Its time for a couple of days off!!! YAY!!!

The weather has got colder here… its got cloudy… a little rain and a fair amount of wind have reduced the temperature to a balmy 27 degrees… Its almost like Christmas !!!

I have been organising our Christmas dinner, which instead of last year, where we cooked… we have decided to head to Hacienda and let them do the hard work for us.  Jenny and Kirsty are both having to work Xmas shifts, manning (or womanning) the office for a couple of hours each. Once they have finished then we shall head to dinner and probably stay there the rest of the day.

Now thats organised, I can start looking at a multitude of other things that are on my list to do… 1st on my list is to try and have a lay in… 5:50am this morning I woke up…. on a day off!!! GRRRRR!!

xxxx

SD

This AMAZING bag arrived in the post a couple of days ago.  
It was made by the one and only ‘Jan’ (my big sis)  accompanied by a Christmas card with a note inside saying ‘Just a little something I made at sewing class’  Jan, you’re so clever!!
Thank you so much.  It’s perfect!
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