Getting ready

Dear Diary,

This summer I have been preparing to go on an underwater scuba diving mission in the Scott Carpenter station in Florida. I got ready by becoming scuba certified in Key Largo Florida. The water was so warm we never needed a wet-suit. It was exiting, exhilerating, fun, and totally scary diving in the murky lagoon for the first time. The worst part was practicing flooding your mask. You need to fill you mask with the salty, dirty water, then back on and clear it by blowing through your nose.

However, all in all it was a really awesome experience. We headed back to California in the middle of July. For the rest of the summer I have gone to summer school, europe and volunteered at the Los Altos Library. The only other things I have done to prepare for the mission are: buy my own mask, snorkel and diving fins. All I'm doing now is waiting for September 18, when I fly to Florida.