In Limbo

So, these last few weeks have been a whirlwind of emotions: excitement, trepidation, utter sadness. Accepting the fact that we will be selling our boat has been so hard for us both - and add to that the fact that it was the first home we bought together and we are both having moments of doubt and sometimes complete depression. But, seeing all of our friends and family has helped us to realize that now that we are moving to land, we will have the benefit of being able to see all of these wonderful people so much more often. While we have made plenty of cruising friends, we have missed those land lubbers who have supported us and loved us through all of our crazy travels. They say it takes an village to raise a baby, and it will be nice to be close to people who can come running when we raise the white flag!

Being in this middle limbo between land and sea has only made this situation worse. Due to our transmission issue, we have been stuck in the same place for a month now. We are neither land lubbers nor out enjoying the ocean breezes on our faces, soaking up the last bits of sailing we will be doing for awhile. I think the latter part has gotten us in more of a funk than anything. Knowing that our time on the boat is coming to an end, we are both eager to get in as much sailing as we can and being stuck at a dock is just miserable.

On the other hand, we *think* we have decided that Little River, SC will be our new home we are eager to get her up to the marina and begin the process of decommissioning her to be sold. We have lots of cleaning, sprucing up and moving off to do before she can be shown and we both realize that the winter season is closing in on us faster than we would like. Ideally, we will have her sold before cold sets in, but time is of the essence.

Nor can we search out apartments and jobs until we have gotten settled in our new location. So, here we sit, in limbo - trying to plan out our next moves and get a jump on anything we can to make our transition easier, but also trying to enjoy the last few months of boat ownership. Neither is easy in our current state and I think we are both ready to get a move on and hurry this process up on all accounts.

I think a good day of sailing out on the water is just what the doctor ordered...