Diving!

[alexchern75]

Hey guys!
Just wondering how eveyone was doing.
I just finished my confined water dives at the Dolphin diving school this past weekend, it was awesome, except for a slight problem with having taken off my contacts and not giving myself time to adjust before trying the mask off swimming around the pool thing :P
I'm happy to say that once my eyes adjusted I was able to do it easily and later for extra credit I did it again with my eyes closed wich was a big deal since Im a little claustrophobic, I just concentrated on breathing slow and it worked like a charm

next weekend I'm doing the Monterey dive so I can get my certification, I am extremely excited, and nervous at the same time...do you experienced guys have any good advise?
anyone been certified recently?
what will I experience?
Is the confined water dive more difficult than the ocean one?