Skill circuits

Skill circuits, demonstration quality for the students to see and emulate us. I've watched the videos and paid tried to pay attention to all the instructors during their classes. I think I'll be good for most, if not all, of them. Yet, whether I get an average 3 or a superb 5 my little ghost is all I want to mirror. The same way it effortlessly, in a real life situation, grabbed the belt, turned left and secured it. 

Ah to have that ghost haunt me again.

Phantoms in the Brain

My journey began today. A test that I thought I'd surely fail - didn't seem that hard when I finished. I was excited, I was happy and I high-fived a phantom. Not a 5 like you did - but am damn freaking proud I could do it!

I looked at the students around me. A bit nervous but mostly really thrilled at taking their first breath under water. The smile I smiled inside me wasn't really for me - at least not all of it. The specter that travels with me smiled back - it understood what that smile meant. It made my smile brighter. 

Mask removal, regulator recovery, the big OKAY - all the little moments that my apparition saw me struggle through. A stern word or two about dangling consoles surfaces up into my consciousness - I immediately look to see it secured to my BCD and wink a sarcastic wink to the empty space. 

Everyone's out of the water. "Thank you, Mehul" - "You're very very welcome! So excited for the deep water next week?". "I can't wait" said a haunting memory.