27th July 2012

It’s been pretty busy here with Reef Check and Marine Resource Management courses.  So we’ve both been teaching :-D

I unfortunately developed a lovely infection on the side of my calf,  maybe a mozzie bite or ingrown hair, I just don’t know.  I left it for a few days, keeping it clean, resisting the temptation to pick it but it was just getting worse.  So I went to the clinic with Si. 

After seeing the Dr, the nurse cleaned, scraped all the puss, dead tissue away, leaving me with what looked like a gunshot wound.  They then filled the hole with a strip of bandage soaked in betadine and bandaged everything up.  Ouch,  definitely NOT something I’d like to experience again. 

 Prescribed with strong antibiotics and told to stay dry, I hobbled off.   I was pretty wary of taking them after my last allergic reaction and especially with Simon being on the afternoon boat  ..but everything was ok 

..so that’s me out of the water for few more days, which means poor ole Simon has to juggle his course to squeeze in some dives with my student, Tania.   So, I’ve only been able to do the academics side of things , have actually got around to a blog, rewriting all of the ECO slates which have faded over multiple washes, made new plumb lines and various other bits and bob.

This morning I cleaned around the house including the fans, which were covered in dust, took the washing down, emptied the bins then cycled down into Sairee to meet a friend for brunch at  ‘Through the looking glass’ ..which is a tiny bakery which do the best homemade pies, sandwiches and cakes on the island.   After spending a good hr 1/2 there, I pottered about on the bike for half an hour, I did have every intention to go exploring but as it was so hot I ventured home for a nice cold shower   ..how lazy am I?!

Tomorrow is the monthly Beach & Dive Site Clean Up!   Hopefully they’ll be a big turn out!!

x

Jenny