Well, it's official, I've made it as a DM for TDI/SDI. The swims were a ****** but the written was a peice of cake!! Even though I loaded up on gatorade and bananas I still cramped up. Good thing I hade a pretty good pace until then, finning with one fin was not getting much progress. Like everything else in scuba, collected myself and stuck with it and finished with a little over a minute left for the 800m. Glad it's all over, but looking forward too next year doing it all over again for my instructor card!!!! Had a GREAT time working with 6 classes of 8 japanese students with a third grade comprehension of english. Kinda like teaching SCUBA in a Sam and Ann book. I still had a great time. Hats off to all of you who have made the plunge into going pro!!