So lazy

Before I start I have a confession. Some of you know this, some of you may have worked it out but some will be unaware. I have committed a sin almost as bad as sending a group email. I haven't been able to sleep since and I was thinking about going into hiding. But then I reminded myself I've always been lazy and shouldn't feel guilty. So here's my confession. I cut and pasted a large block of news into loads of individual emails, just adding a paragraph at the beginning and one at the end to make it look like I was being really good and sending lovely long replies to everyone. Sorry. It did save me a lot of time though.

Anyway, for the record, here's the block. It's going to save me even more time now:

So life's all good out here. Emma and I left Indonesia a few days ago, with much wailing and gnashing of teeth. We were so settled there, and had a really good life - lots of friends, good diving, enough work to pay for beer and food, a room we really did call home (the TV, DVD player, hot shower and aircon certainly helped that). But, as quiet season approached we had to move on, and at least we're heading back to somewhere we both know and love. Malapascua will seem very quiet in comparison but that might not be a bad thing after the beer and tequila we consumed over Christmas.

We're back in the Philippines now which is so lovely. Everything is so easy here and it all feels very familiar. We've got a few days before we start work so are just doing some fun diving which is so nice after teaching and guiding for so long. At the moment we're in the place we first got together which is slightly surreal, and provoking lots of conversations about how did we not realise before that we fancied each other, or more accurately why did neither of us let ourselves think about the other in that way. 7 months it's been now, and most of that spending every minute of every day together. We reckon the amount of time we've spent together is more than a lot of married couples last, and we're still couldn't be happier!

So, the next chapter is about to begin. Working properly is going to be a little strange, but I'm sure I'll get used to it. I get to play with my thresher sharks every day and that's enough to see me through anything. We've no idea how long we'll stay in Malapascua, it all depends on how much work we get there. Maybe a couple of months and then we'll decide. Emma is coming home in June and I'm a bit tempted to come too (and stay for the world cup obviously as the game times out here are all wrong) but I'll decide closer to the time. Funds are running a little bit low so it will depend on work.....

so there it is, but it did seem a bit of a waste of time writing the same thing over and over again, so I'm going to stop feeling guilty.

Off to Malapascua tomorrow, but have just had the devastating news that the crazy golf course is shut. We may have to rethink everything. Malapascua without crazy golf is like...oh I can't be bothered to think of something funny. Make something up yourself.

So, will have limited internet use until we're back in a city so panic not if you don't hear anything from me for a bit.

Happy New Year to everyone and have a good one.