In a few weeks, I will have my PADI open water certification. Vanessa will have her "rescue diver" certification at the same time, meaning that when I mess up and need to be saved she will be officially capable of dragging my sorry butt out of the water.

I LOVE diving. It's amazing, and I haven't even really "done it" yet. I could get very passionate about this ...sport? Activity? Avocation? Hobby? eh...

In a few days, a threshold will be crossed... the meeting of the parents.

Not my meeting her parents or her meeting mine - that happened long ago. No, this is the time when the parents meet each other. The collision of two worlds. I was about to make a really geeky reference to a similar situation, but I won't.

Those of you who would get it can already come up with those on your own.