Day 32: Friday, February 14, 2014

Happy Valentines Day from Catalina Island!

And on that happy note, we finally broke our diving hiatus with a morning dive. It was great to be back in the water, I had no idea I would miss it so much. Instead of using air in our cylinder as we usually do (21% oxygen), we used Nitrox, which is basically a gas mixture consisting of less nitrogen and more oxygen (32% oxygen in our case). Completing that dive means we're officially Nitrox Divers!

Bernie and I post-diving  

And now for the part that's actually relevant to Valentine's Day. At the beginning of this week, Andrea made these adorable envelopes for each person in our crew and hung them up so we could all make Valentines for each other:

By this morning, the all the Valentine envelopes were stuffed (yay!):

Being on an island with limited access to crafty resources, here's my version of Valentines that I ended up making for everyone

After dinner, we all gathered around the envelopes like kids waiting to open Christmas presents. Since Amanda had taken the initiative in making Valentine Hats for everyone, selfies were going on all around:

Needless to say, it was a pretty successful celebration all around. There were some incredibly creative/incredibly sweet/incredibly funny goodies in my envelope, which goes for everyone else as well. 

Breaking into the first Valentines

Sending my love out to everyone else back on the mainland and all across the country/world who has been part of my life. Miss you all, and Happy Valentines Day!!