Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Dave's Scuba Saga - The beginning

Well I have only gone and done it!  After 14 years with Continental Airlines today was the day I gave notice to them upstairs.  Pretty scary as I now begin my adventure into the unknown. 

I am hopeful that I will keep this blog up as an account of how I changed my life.  Maybe it won't work out but at least I can say I gave it a go!  Too many times in the past I have thought "that's a good idea", "maybe one day" or "I wish my life was like that".  Well now I am going to find out by actually doing it.

Over the years I have made many superb friends and worked with some fantastic people, the opposite is also true but now is not the time for retributions, now I have to concentrate on giving this a real go.  

My last day is 3rd March and will be the end of an era.  The plan is to go out to Spain on the first weekend with a view to start Monday after.  As time gets nearer I will start cementing down my plans.  Watch this space!

For those of you that haven't got it yet, I am leaving the airline world to follow a dream - I am off the Spain to train to become a PADI Scuba Instructor.  My wife is a real support for me and also wants to train but will have to delay whilst she finishes her own qualifications.  The work she has had to do and the work she still has to complete is immense, I am so proud of her and thank her for her great support.   I picked Spain ahead of some more tropical places because I would never be too far from home and it would be pretty easy to come back in case of any emergency.  The Caribbean would have been lovely but I would hate to think of the difficulty in getting home if it all went wrong!

I am going to use this blog as a record for myself of what I have achieved (or not) so I will try to update as much as I can.  You are more than welcome to follow along, make comments or just keep in touch!

Cheers

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