I’m a certified scuba diver!… almost.

So diving school has been a BLAST. I’ve met some incredible guys through it and we’ve spent pretty much every second together. Let me just say diving school is anything but school. With us it’s more like kindergarten where you can get us to pay attention for more than 5 minutes. After two days though we finished our exams and pool training and we’re ready for the sea. My first two dives were awesome! Saw some cool fish and coral. I had trouble equalizing my ears but I made it through! The next two dives were our big dives! 18 meters down (After 3 months officially converted to Celsius and meters for measurement). On the first dive I got down pretty far but at 12 meters my left ear wouldn’t equalize and it started hurting sooo bad and felt like I was pushing bubbles out of my ear. I know it’s not supposed to hurt at all so I told my instructor I needed to surface. He took me to the clinic after we got off the boat and sadly I have a few tears and inflammation so no more diving for 5 days. Good thing is that I get to stay on the island and wait it out in paradise! I. Will. Be. Certified. Hahah

My new hang out place is this bar that is the most gigantic perfectly crafted tree house with like 20 cubbies(rooms) to hang out in. It’s incredible! Even when I don’t have friends to go I go by myself and just meet new people. 2 days ago I went and met this incredible guy who was so earthy. He radiated good vibes and just everything about him was happy and peaceful. He asked me what I disliked most about myself. And when I told him he just went deeper and deeper into it and let me tell you, I have found my self worth people. You meet people for a reason and that was why I met him. It took a stranger to open up conversations I don’t normally have to have someone listen so deeply and respond. It was amazing. I left feeling like I had become a whole new person with new understandings of myself.

Yesterday I met a girl named Laila and she was so beautiful. She radiated light and rainbows and everything happy. I’m not kidding, she was such a happy soul. She is a fruitarian. She only eats fruit. She has been doing this for 3 and a half years. I asked her why, the benefits and how she feels. Obviously she feels great cause she’s the happiest person on the planet. But she told me about how she used to be sick all the time and very skinny. She had depression and a lot of mental issues. For years she was in hospitals and on medication. She learned about this diet and has been doing it for 3 years with not one medication. She says her eating has cured her depression, she is fit and in shape, she has no bad thoughts or any issues anymore. She meditates every day and does yoga, she says she has so much energy she constantly keeps herself busy all day. She was an incredible soul to come across and get to hang out with!

I told her I would try her diet for a week to see if anything changed in my body. I started with breakfast and lunch and by dinner I craved food so I splurged. She told me to take it one meal at a time. First week breakfast. Second week breakfast and lunch. So today I had lunch and dinner of just fruit. I meditated this morning and went on a hike. I felt really really good! Not saying I could sustain this diet forever but I’m enjoying the trial and error!

Today I went to the most beautiful beach with Rick and Albert (2 guys from my diving school I have spent every waking moment with. We share a bungalow too). We had a blast swimming and hammocking and tanning. I’m getting tan everyone. Not burnt anymore. But ya we did that all day and now just having a laid back night!

I hope y’all have a great day at work, school, life… whatever it is! Miss you all lots!

-B