I couldn’t go to Australia without seeing the Great Barrier Reef, so immediately after meditating, I jumped on a dive boat for a 3-day liveaboard excursion among 4 reefs of the GBR. After the 3 days, I felt comfortable in the water, and now ‘dive instructor’ is on my list of possible careers to explore once my travel time is over. My dive crew included a Speedo-clad South African (his blog here), a pair of Spaniards, a British guard named Tony, and several flirty dive instructors. In all, I did 10 dives and saw more coral than in a senior citizen pantsuit store. I really think ‘Great’ is selling itself short. It is one heck of a barrier reef. I might have to move back to Cairns because I felt a strong connection to this turtle I met there. His name is Ross.
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Taking the show on the road.
To all my readers (meaning my mother and that one guy from the bar):
I have not forsaken you by stopping my posting of the funny things that humans do. I have only taken a quick break because my life is about to change dramatically and I have been making the appropriate preparations.Not too long ago, I looked around and thought it was pretty funny that we humans tear ourselves from our comfy houses just to go make money every day. Some people have found something they are passionate about, and that makes it ok. But, after 4 years in advertising, I realized that I was on the fast track to becoming one of those bitter complainers who resents employment and spits snide remarks to those who take seconds of cake during office birthday celebrations.
I didn’t want to be that person. And I don’t want to be my boss and work 18-hr days.
So I’m not. I quit. I am packing up my cubicle once and for all. I have no idea what the plan is, but until I figure it out, I shall be backpacking around the world.From now on, this blog will be about the funny things humans in other countries do. Who knows what crazy things those wacky foreigners might do?
First stop: Australia.
Until then…