As I get older, it seems that I get really anxious for things that really aren’t that big of a deal. Some of you have heard of the ‘nervous poops’ where I have to go and go and go when I get really nervous about something; even something as silly as a 5k race. I don’t know why it happens but I’ve chalked it up to a good way to clean out the system.
Well, the only reason I wanted to get SCUBA certified was to go diving in Belize. Today would have been the day. Instead though, my anxiety set in, and as we were snorkeling yesterday, I decided that’s all I really wanted to do. Thankfully, Kevin was ok with that too. So, we decided instead of suffering through the nervous poops, let’s just snorkel! Ellen at our hotel hooked us up with a great dive shop that took us out to the Silk Cayes in the Belize Barrier Reef.
It was beyond amazing. Our group was the only group there and we had our own private island to snorkel around (oh wait, that sounds like yesterday). The difference was we were way out in the Caribbean and on the reef! There were tons of colorful fish, sponges, coral (pretty coral, not just the kind that hurt you). And on most snorkel trips I’ve been on, they take you out in the middle of (an) ocean and dump you saying something to the effect of be back in 30 minutes, don’t touch anything and don’t drown. Our guide actually guided us and stopped to tell us what we were seeing- twice (once pre beach BBQ lunch and once after)! We had time to snorkel on our own too. It was a lot of fun, we felt very fancy on our own private beach caye and I didn’t have to worry about pooping in the boat.
ps – the yogurt from the food truck was awesome! The Goss chocolate not as exciting as the yogurt. But my palate prefers crappy chocolate like M & M Mars. Kevin said the dark chocolate was scrumptious.
