I am welcoming November with my entire being and my arms wide open because October was pretty shit for me. Filled with ridiculous nights like driving myself to the hospital and getting loaded with pain medication and sent out the door only for my jeep to run out of gas at midnight in the middle… Continue reading Hey November, please be better than October.
it was an average somewhat MEH day although i was working on transplanting some baby elkhorn corals which is always nice. but at the end of the day i came around the corner to find my coworkers gathered around a cooler in the tank room just having a beer. i guess a guest dropped them… Continue reading it’s the little things
The frogfish have FINALLY forgiven me!!!! It has been LITERALLY months since I have been able to find the ever elusive, perfectly camoflouged, amazing creature on the reef until yesterday! I have been spending what feels like an eternity looking in places where I had seen them before and bordering the line of conducting search patterns… Continue reading 1september2016
Got super exciting news at work today! I am going to be taking on more responsibilities with the Coral Restoration Foundation and will become the new coordinator for Buddy Dive Resort! So I will spending more time in the nurseries underwater as well as organizing courses and data entry on land along with lots of… Continue reading 31august2016
Even though this just a normal day in the life of Laura, I make a conscious effort to realize that this less ordinary life should not be taken for granted. It’s pretty amazing that I get to see beauty like this on a daily basis. This special girl is always here at this dive site… Continue reading 19aug2016
Just a normal day at work as captain on the dive boat. Working with Jimmy who would be diving with the 12 guests and I can vaguely hear him from upstairs explaining to the guests where everything is on the boat and then asking where they want to dive. I hear one guest say “I… Continue reading 12° 8’13.365”N 68° 16’40.22”W
This is something that I have gotten significantly better at over the last 2 years. It is not easy, but the reward is great I promise you. So often we go through our days and our lives trying to make other people happy and it is a good feeling knowing you had a positive impact… Continue reading stop doing things you don’t want to do.
my trip to the states is officially in the works! September is going to be awesome. I have been working like crazy lately the resort has been fully booked the last few weeks and I have been bartending 3 nights a week which is fun and the money is good but I get so tired.… Continue reading 16july2016
It has been so long since I have written on here I realize that! I have a good reason I promise. my house got broken into and so I had to move because it wasn’t safe to be there. It’s actually in a really safe part of town but strange things happen and I had… Continue reading I know. I suck.
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