UPDATE!

Hey Peeps! As many of you know, I’ve been fully immersed in my diving for the past six months. But before I dive in... hehe… here are a few non-diving-related life updates for you:

I’m an Auntie! Yes, Aunt Tristen reporting for duty ;) My sister Cat and her husband Mark had the most beautiful baby girl last week. Everyone, meet Emmalina!

My car finally made it out of the shop after three months. Clifford is fine, but I have to say I will eventually be trading him in for a Toyota Camry. That rental car stole my heart.

Butters turned two in January (ironically, he has the same birthday as my Dad lol) and somehow he has more energy than last year.

I quit my leasing job in April. Why, you ask? Well, now for the fun part!

I am moving to Curaçao on June 1st to become a dive instructor! I know, I can already see your puzzled expression. Where is that? What is that? It’s an island off of Venezuela with almost 200,000 people.

It’s part of the Netherlands, so the natives are Dutch, but they speak a Portuguese-based creole language called Papiamentu. I plan to learn it during my nine months there and might even teach Butters a few tricks in Dutch! Yes, he gets to come with me for this great adventure! I’ll make sure to post lots of pictures of him at the beach :)

I will be working for Dive Division mainly on Blue Bay Beach (red star) just north of Willemstad, the capital of Curaçao. You’re probably wondering how I found this place specifically. My friend and instructor at Scubaland in Austin mentioned he knew a guy looking to hire and well, bibbity boppity boo, now I’ll be a dive instructor too! Thanks Michael!

I recently became a Dive Master (next step instructor) and thought I would share my last dive as a Dive Master in Training! #graduated

Yes, I’m a little scared but mostly ecstatic. I can’t wait to step outside my comfort zone, meet new people, learn a new language, and acquire more diving skills. It took a lot of hard work and sacrifice to finally be able to do this, so I’m ready to get this new chapter of my life started!

To everyone reading this, I just wanted to say thanks. Thank you for the encouragement and support over the past few months. I couldn’t have done this without you amazing people! I also encourage everyone to come and visit!

P.S. There’s only one airport: Curaçao International Airport (CUR). See you soon ;)