I totally understand the funds issue. We have never met, so obviously I don't know how you dive... but if I were a betting man, I would be willing to put money up that will be walking away from fundies and think that you are ready for tech or cave right after. Fundamentals is not much of a work shop, they demo some skills, you fumble your way through the skills and then at the end they tell you hat you need to go practice swimming backwards, spinning donuts (helicopter turns) hovering 6" off the sand, valve drills, maskles work, all that fun stuff, and then come back for a re-evaluation. Taking the class will more than likely show you just how much you don't know. There are a group of people (blanking on the name right now) that are getting together every thursday night down at redondo and doing training. If you go to one of these dives, you can see the skills you will need for fundies, and then when you take the class you wont be so overwhelmed. They're free too. If you want more info on fundies, shoot me a pm, and Ill give you my number.
