OK, I'm starting to get revved up for this thing. I just got back from a check out dive in the Bahamas and my equipment is in good working order. The body seems to remember how to do all the things I'm going to require of it over the next 3 months. I finished reading about the skills tests that I will need to complete the course, and I think I can handle them. Check out "Being a Dive Master" in the Special Places of my blog to see what exactly I'll be doing and follow the links through to Advanced Dive Master, 'cuz that's where I'm going.
I am going to try and blog every evening. It should keep me focused and out of the bars. I leave on the 1st. Wish me luck...