Dawn of a New Day

I thought I would start out by letting everyone in a little bit of trivia.....did you know that the 180 degree meridian cuts across three places in Fiji, which means that Fiji is the first country in the world to see the dawn of the new day! I thought that was so cool! It is a new first for me to be the first in the world to see the sunrise...which I might add, happens really early...meaning that the sun sets around 6:30 pm. And I was supposed to be following summer. So today was a milestone day for me....I finished my PADI open water certification! I can't believe that I waited so long to do this! I have to admit that I am addicted already, after only logging in 4 dives, and already planning to do the kelp forests of New Zealand! The past two days have been perfect! I spend the mornings on the boat and among the fish....and the afternoons relaxing to slow pace of the islands and watching the end of the day. We are staying among many backpackers here...and some of our friends from the Cooks! There is only three full days left and the plan is do some white water! Maybe do a local Kava ceremony in a village too! I have to say, that something great happened today! You know how I am about the strange coincidences in life. Today we were finishing up our certification, and for the first time since coming here we met our first Americans, also finishing their certification with us.....the great thing was, when I asked them where they were staying...it happened to be at Worldmark...the timeshare like thing that I own. I have never met a fellow owner outside of the resorts....we were not able to stay there due to renovations, but we ended dropping them off at the resort, which was cool, because I got to see the resort anyway. Crazy how things happen....Joy and Mike glad to hear the good news about the dress and Phish! Dad has the address where we will be in New Zealand and we would love to hear the CD's .