A Golden Streak Broken

A solid streak of blogging every other week went south, big time! While I've thought about the blog, life and priorities happened.  We've been on some pretty cool adventures, in spite of some crazy things happening.

Robert and I went scuba diving in July. We went to Santa Catalina, about four hours west of where we are, and optimized the Discover Scuba option. We learned a few basic skills and had to stay within view of our dive instructor.

We did three dives and had a blast! The two most memorable things was being able to see sea turtles and being in the middle of a school of fish. We also got to see white tip sharks, eels, and octopus. Scuba diving was pretty surreal for both of us and unlike anything we had experienced.

We did not get any pictures of us diving. It was one of those things for us that we both just wanted to be present for, and at least in my case, I wanted to focus in on honing in on basic skills. Getting certified is on both of our bucket lists!

We have been busy moving as well. The owners of our condo did not want to renew the lease, in hopes of selling the unit. Luckily for us, the owners for the condo directly above us were looking for long term renters. Pick us! Pick us!

Words cannot express how excited I was for this move! Okay, moving from an unfurnished to a furnished unit is a bit of a hassle. But all of that is manageable. Why, you ask? Because hand washing laundry will no longer be a thing.

To make a long story short, our clothes washer broke and was beyond repair about two weeks before we went to Oregon. The owners did not want to purchase a new one. Although we had friends offer their washer and dryer, doing laundry as often as we do would probably be over-extending the invitation. While our clothes washing situation is no picnic, it is also a great reminder of how lucky we are. Seriously, how did our grandparents do it with such large families?

Exposing our dirty laundry...sorry Mom!

Now that we are moved, it is time to get settled and organized. Some people find organizing relaxing-that isn't us. In fact, organizing is more of a chore. Despite this, we are on our way of making the condo feel like ours. The layout is identical to our previous condo which makes our life a little easier.

Aside from moving, we've continued our adventures in living an active lifestyle. I recently did a 10k run/walk with a group of friends. We both go to the gym regularly. No surfing lately, but we did go paddle boarding in Gatun Lake, which is the lake that helps feed water to the Panama Canal.

Ornamental banana flower  

I am not sure what our next big "thing" will be. The near future looks pretty uneventful. However, I will try to post something in two weeks. Obviously we know how great I am to sticking with those goals. Life is good and we hope yours is too!