There is no telling where this blog will go from here - Obviously it has evolved a lot since my first marathon back in 2009! If I win and go to Bali, it will follow my experience with Blue Season, before, during and after.
If I don't win, this blog will be totally and completely depressing because I may not be able to go on and my life will just be horrible and miserable without the daily interaction with Jonathan (and Tom) from Blue Season Bali... JUST KIDDING. The blog will just follow along with the trials and tribulations of my life... and whatever else I move into.. obviously that will still include diving!! :)
Speaking of the Best Dive Job, they are seven down, three to go and I am starting to get really nervous. I know that I said I would rather be one of the last picked but now I am wondering about that. Granted the most important thing is being picked... If I don’t make the finals for the Best Dive Job, it will be the end of an amazing four months where I have had the opportunity to reach out and try to make a dream come true... but hopefully it isn't the end of 4 months, it is the beginning of a new chapter of my life (in Bali)!
This weekend I was able to get a little more support... check out the crowd that was cheering for me to be picked for the BDJ...
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| Jen and I this weekend (The quality sucks bc we took the photo with a phone) |
On another note, I went away this weekend and it was EXACTLY what I needed. I needed some time to take a step BACK from everything and just have fun. I went to visit Jen, one of my oldest friends in NC. It was great to be back in Carolina – I swear there is just something about that place that I love and that takes any type of stress or worry out of your mind.
Jen and I met in college, a looong time ago. We met the second semester of my sophomore year in some silly science class together and I was able to park on campus because of my leg and I would drive her to class. We ended up living together for 2 years which was amazing. During those two years on Eastern Street, we had our ups and downs (what roommates don’t??) but I would say most of the memories were good ones. She even met her husband, Jason, while we were living together. And we have a mutual pet… our turtle
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| Our Turtle! How cute is he?! |
We stole this turtle from our friend Steve LaPorte’s house in Pennsylvania when we were up visiting Beth. We kept our turtle on the porch and then one day, somebody stole the turtle. We figured that since we stole it, we couldn’t be upset or mad that someone stole him – I mean, look how CUTE he is!!!
So then, on Jen’s birthday, one of her friends gave her a gift… it was the TURTLE (with the addition of the red bow that is still on him today)!!!!! So the turtle lived with Jen and when she moved to Chapel Hill, he came with her, and I visited from time to time, but since I moved so much, he stayed put. Then, on my 30th birthday when all the girls came up to celebrate, Jen presented me with the turtle!!!!!!!! So he has lived with me since then. This weekend, as a gift back to Jen, I presented turtle to her and now he is back in NC. I mean, I can’t exactly take the turtle to Bali , now can I??? (Plus it was time for him to go home)
Anyway, so I went to go visit Jen and her family and it was exactly what I needed. I needed a weekend to get away from the city and just enjoy myself. Jen knows all about what is going on with my personal life and was able to provide me with some great insight and guidance (I should have gone down on Thursday-- I could have used her to act as the Imodium to some texting diarrhea that I had - and yes, texting diarrhea is an actual term). I know she always has my best interest at heart and she is supportive in everything that I want (both with BDJ and other things too), and she is also that friend who will remind me that patience is something that I need (and don't ever have!)… Patience Grasshoppa
Jen is also SUPER supportive of the Best Dive Job. She, of all people, understands my love for the water. She lived with my during my last two seasons of swimming for ECU and if ANYONE should visit me in Bali, it should be her simply because of the number of times I woke her up leaving for my 6 am practices and the chronic smell of chlorine that I left in the house.
All in all, it was a great weekend… let’s all cross our fingers that it is a good week and that I am selected as a finalist. If/When I am, PLEASE PLEASE help me gain support by logging back onto the Best Dive Job site and making a comment under my entry. The more votes from that point until March 15 could make the difference in sending me to Bali and leaving me here in DC.
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