Location: St. Barths
Today started off with the fluffiest pancakes and crispiest bacon for breakfast, which is always the best way to start a morning. We then cleaned up and got our kits ready for some more rescue diver classes. None of us knew what we were getting into when Heather was explaining how to properly throw a lifeline, and Ben and Kackie started drowning! (not for real). Everyone rushed to get their mask and fins and rescue Ben and Kackie. Then they drowned again and again and again. We did some more scenarios with a full dive kit, and I can confidently say that after today, I would trust anyone on Ocean Star to rescue me.
After the rescue, we had an awesome lunch of pasta salad made by our amazing chefs, Big Ben, Little Ben, and Kackie! We had Leadership, during class I gave a chapter presentation on “Understanding Change”, then we had Marine Bio where we learned about the negative effects of pollution and ocean acidification. Afterward, we had some downtime to study, catch up on work, swim, and relax. We ended the night with tasty taco bowls and a viewing of High School Musical 2 (the best one). Our squeeze question tonight was- “Imagine you are Austin Powers and you are cryogenically frozen for 60 years, when you wake up what will be your first question?”. I never usually write my appreciation here, but YOLO, today, my appreciation was our squeeze circle. It lasted about 2x as long as it usually does, but everyone responded with their answer and their appreciation the first time around. Then we just continued to go around and say other appreciations we had from the day. It was a nice little moment being able to reminisce on the past 24 hours and think of all the tiny things you forgot about but are still grateful for. I really enjoyed it, and I’m sad that there are only 16 days left to experience these funny little moments, but you know what they say, “16 days is all you ever need!” (no one really says that, but they should start).
To family and friends reading,
Miss and love y’all so much!!! Sending FIRE energy from St. Barths.