Yes, it's true. It all started out innocently enough - a Pistol shrimp here, trumpet coral there, the occasional blenny or invert. Nothing that anybody else doesn't do.
But then it got worse. Sneaking off at lunch from work to visit the pet store, late night internet surfing, hanging around other (decidedly seedy) reefheads, waking up with large amounts of cash mysteriously missing from my bank account and a new lighting system on the tank.
I thought things had really gotten bad. I didn't think that things could get any worse - I was wrong.
I was innocently (well, at least not guiltily) driving home one day and saw a store with a dive flag. Homer Simpson must have jumped into my head, because all I could think was "mmmmmmm slurp gun ohhhhhhhhhh", and the next thing I know, I'm pulling out of the parking lot with that familiar lightheaded feeling (which comes from not being weighted down with a wallet).
So I finished with my open water certification this weekend and find myself wondering (a) what kids bring now on EBay so I can support both my old and new habits, (b) exactly how I saved money on my reef tank by buying all of this scuba gear, and (c) When can I get back in the water.
If my kids don't bring enough, maybe I'll hold some third world country (France, maybe
) for ransom.
This is getting serious.
(PS: ATTN Homeland Security: I'm only joking about holding France for ransom. Everyone knows that it wouldn't bring enough anyway )
(PPS: ATTN Florida Department of Children and Families: I'm only joking about selling my kids. Everyone knows that they wouldnt bring enough anyway )
But then it got worse. Sneaking off at lunch from work to visit the pet store, late night internet surfing, hanging around other (decidedly seedy) reefheads, waking up with large amounts of cash mysteriously missing from my bank account and a new lighting system on the tank.
I thought things had really gotten bad. I didn't think that things could get any worse - I was wrong.
I was innocently (well, at least not guiltily) driving home one day and saw a store with a dive flag. Homer Simpson must have jumped into my head, because all I could think was "mmmmmmm slurp gun ohhhhhhhhhh", and the next thing I know, I'm pulling out of the parking lot with that familiar lightheaded feeling (which comes from not being weighted down with a wallet).
So I finished with my open water certification this weekend and find myself wondering (a) what kids bring now on EBay so I can support both my old and new habits, (b) exactly how I saved money on my reef tank by buying all of this scuba gear, and (c) When can I get back in the water.
If my kids don't bring enough, maybe I'll hold some third world country (France, maybe
) for ransom.This is getting serious.
(PS: ATTN Homeland Security: I'm only joking about holding France for ransom. Everyone knows that it wouldn't bring enough anyway
)(PPS: ATTN Florida Department of Children and Families: I'm only joking about selling my kids. Everyone knows that they wouldnt bring enough anyway
)
