OPEN for business!

Sorry it has been a while since my last post. I have been uber busy! I had a horrific immunology test on Wednesday (made a B :), a presentation run thru that same day with my professors, a lot of neuro to catch up on and a parasite pop quiz on Thursday (boo parasites!). We are doing a lot better as far as electricity goes. It has been on for all most 24 hours straight but is not going to be fully fixed for a while yet. On Thursday night we didn't have water which sucked because I was trying to shower and it didn't work so well without water!

This weekend was good though! My volleyball team won our first game. I did manage to look like one of those cinnamon sugar covered donut because I fell in the ocean when I was chasing after a ball and then I dove into the sand to hit a ball and needless to say water + sand + me = sugar covered donut!

After the game, val and I went to Spratnets! Spratnet is this restaurant on the island with the BEST food. They serve lobster, fish, chicken, ribs, pizza, conch, and shrimp. You walk up to the counter and say I want fish and you may get snapper or mahi mahi or whatever they have that night and you don't say oh i want grilled fish or baked fish you just get fish however they feel like cooking fish that day! The shrimp are amazing because the are coated in a creole sauce and grilled. mmmmm yummmy! The garbage pizza is fantastic too! The put every thing you could think of on it and it is oh so good. But honestly the best thing they have are the johnny cakes which come with your meal and I love the coconut cake. I never manage to actually save room for the cake so I usually just get it to go and eat it the next day! I love me some spratnet. Like most places they were closed in the off season and have just reopened! Everytime i have ever gone there, I purposely order more food than I can eat so I can enjoy left overs all week!

I also had my first SCUBA lesson! I think that SCUBA diving is something I am going to really enjoy! We learned all about our equipment and how to set it up and tear it down, how to breath underwater, how to find our regulator if we lose it, how to clear our mask if it leaks on us and how to hover in the water using our lungs and breathing to regulate our depth. At first using the regulator was awkward because you are sitting in the bottom of the pool and all the air you breath out is bubbling in your face but once you get moving the bubbles move out of the way too. The part I had trouble with is when we had to self inflate our BCD and I floated up while holding my breath. Holding your breath when you are in a pool is no big deal but when you are deep underwater it is a problem because air is denser the deeper you go and if you are holding your breath and floating up the higher you go up the more the air expands inside your chest. This is not a good thing. I am much better at using my breathing to regulate my water depth. Hopefully after our first dive I will have pictures to show you!

LSU lost to florida this week and i really really wanted to cry. It wasn't just a loss it was a total team melt down :(

It has been a really busy stressful week and did I mention I went back to the doctor and got two more shots :( and I still don't feel 100%. I cannot wait to get my tonsils out because this is driving me freaking CRAZY being sick and not feeling good ever! After the immuno test and parasite quiz I slept for hours on thursday because of just sheer freaking exhaustion!

All in all it has been a really busy week and it is looking like next week is very busy too. I have a physiology test and a presentation on Wednesday!

have a good week!
laura

Question of the day: How many PSI is oxygen in the standard dive tank under?