Slow Times

Things have slowed down now, November and December are some of our slowest months.  Our staff from other places in the Solomons generally get four weeks annual leave to go back home.  It is odd most of them have lived almost their entire lives in Gizo, but live in rental properties here, while they own a house in their village and go home and work on it.  Odd they have a vacation house but not a house to live in most of the time.

I have had a few students coming in, and am keeping busy teaching open water classes, and able to make some pocket money.  I do look forward to getting another big group of divers as they are always fun, and I get to do some deeper diving that I don't get to do with students.  This last group of divers had a guy my size in it, and he was nice enough to leave me his "old clothes" which are much nicer then my clothes.  So I got two nice pairs of boardies, and a few tshirts.

The picture here is one I just came upon.  It is a bed Anne Marie (Chelsey from fatboys mom) made up for me when I stayed at her unit in Brisbane.  She was so sweet to make me feel at home, she even put a teddy bear in it.  Keiron, her grandson, is pretty jealous that i got to sleep with his teddy, so this is really to make him a bit jealous.  And I loved staying with her as she spoiled me and dave with food and drinks, and was very hospitabal, the teddy is proof of that.

I hope everyone is enjoying the cold coming, and gearing up for the holiday season!

Luke