How do you say No to diving?

[melanie.]

The LSAT is officially written!

I didn't do amazing, but I really think I put in a solid performance. Only 4 questions were just random fill in the bubbles I love how when the proctor would announce 5 minutes left, there was always a scramble of paper and some swearing under the breath lol

I would say it is time to go diving, but I missed todays charter obviously, and well... I may have sorta kinda opened a bottle of wine already, cheers!

 

[scubadiver888]

Ok the consensus... dive, have sex, don't get married, relax, and dive some more lol

I think you got it.

Someone once told me a joke: What do you call a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the river? Answer: a start. Didn't think it was very funny at the time.

Better joke: What do you call one lawyer at the bottom of the river? Answer: Melanie.

 

[divingsiren]

Ok the consensus... dive, have sex, don't get married, relax, and dive some more lol

Thanks for the support guys. Going to get a couple more hours in tonight, do both dives tomorrow and try to squeeze in some study in between so I don't feel so guilty.

It is just weird, I never had to try so hard to succeed before. Even my 1st degree wasn't that bad. Sure it took time and work but I never doubted myself. But this LSAT is kicking my ass. Put that with being unemployed in a new city where the only people I know are dive buddies, and it seriously puts a girl in a downer mood. (Though I really love my diver friends! Except it would help if they weren't all 20-50 years older then me lol)

But I shall persevere. Nice to know I am not the only one that doesn't give up diving for trivial life matters

Good to know I'm not the only one in a city where my awesome dive buddies have decades on me!

 

[emoreira]

I live far from diving points, so, no buddy, no money and huge travel expenses make me quite easy to say no to diving.
I receive lots of newsletters from diving operators, lots of invitations to diving excursions via Facebook, still the three reasons prevail.

 

[Ulfhedinn]

I'm afraid I'm addicted so bad I find myself laying in the bottom of a 9' pool hovering 6" off the shotcrete floor if I don't get to go diving once a week in the open water.

 

[DivemasterDennis]

Melanie, I have taken the LSAT, graduated law school, and practiced law for 34 years. I have been diving for 14 years, and have held a professional credential for 12 of those years. While I congratulate you on your efforts and plans to become a lawyer, given the choice between preparing for the LSAT ( or a law school exam) or going diving, this wise lawyer/divemaster is qualified to tell you, GO DIVING! Since my wife got me into diving, and then got in herself a few years later, we have spent money we don't have for trips to wonderful places around the world, increasing our debt and making true retirement a distant dream. I don't regret one minute we have spent planning trips, packing gear, on airplanes trains buses and boats, to go diving. I don't regret spending a single dollar on dive equipment ( except for that one light that is the size of bowling ball) I enjoy inventorying gear (we have a lot of gear), rearranging it in the scuba room (yes, we have a scuba room), and reading and writing about diving here on scubaboard and elsewhere. You do not have a disease or hangup that prevents you from saying "no" to diving. What you have is excellent insight into what is important in life. Go diving! No regrets, no excuses. Follow you bliss. Besides, the world has enough lawyers!
DivemasterDennis

 

[rhwestfall]

I think the more appropriate question is how to avoid re-opening a 6+ month old thread that was "time specific" around a particular event......

 

[TMHeimer]

I think the more appropriate question is how to avoid re-opening a 6+ month old thread that was "time specific" around a particular event......

Yeah, but it's better than most of those other forums when multiple threads sit untouched for weeks, and on the front page there's some from 2007.

As far as my "no dive time" there is only really one. I dive through Dec. in NS (though less & less, of course). Then we usually do the snowbird thing. Upon returning home in April it's equipment servicing time. Then I usually wait until mid May as the April water temp. is about the same as Jan. here and you can't warm up during the SI. The water's still in the low 40s by mid May, but that's fine with 60F days and sun. So that may be as long as 6 weeks at once dry. This schedule is why I'll never buy a drysuit.

 

[spectrum]

It's like calling ay dive. If you know in your gut that it's not the right thing to do then take care of business and dive another day. We need to be adults once in a while.

 

[nes999]

Its real easy its told cold right now to dive.