April 19 I talked to Skipper about my idea to try for my Captain's license, and I think he is even more excited than I am. His normally milky blue eyes twinkled as he immediately delved into planning our training regiment. He is going to challenge me, but by the time I sign up to take the exam, I'll be ready. Rad is over the moon about the chance to get in the water with the divers, so we are already cooking up a plan to trade responsibilities. We are both qualified for each other's jobs and already switch it up on occasion. Most notably, he helped me by leading the big group of dive instructors that was down from PADI last fall. I had been violently ill that day and didn't want to throw up into my regulator. Calling in sick hadn't been an option because the PADI group is one of our bigg

