Ramblings

Well, we are at it again. Tomorrow we are renting another car (Enterprise loves us right now!) and heading up to Virginia. My sister is getting married this weekend at my parents house and we are heading up early to help with preparations.

We are also on the hunt for a "new" car. We have scoured craigslist for the last three days and found the best possible cars available and will likely spend an entire day test driving cars. While this is a dream for Brad, this is not even close to my idea of fun. But, this is the first logical step in moving back to land life and we are eager to have transportation again - especially down here in middle of nowhere Dataw. Unfortunately the used car pool is slim down here in the sticks, so we are looking in the Norfolk area where we can cast a wider net.

We are excited for the weekend festivities, but sad to be leaving our little floating home bubble again. Being so secluded down here has been great for the past week - we have watched many movies. discussed our future at length and just generally spent time together. And now that the threat of jobs looms before us, I am coming to appreciate this time even more. Not many people I know get to spend so much time with their spouses and I consider myself extremely lucky to have this time and this relationship with mine. There is something so comforting about just sitting quietly together, sitting in the cockpit enjoying the evening, or even taking the dog for a walk in the evenings. I am dreading the time when we get caught up in life again and rarely have time to even carry on a conversation. But that makes this time together that much more precious.

This sailing life has brought us so many wonderful experiences and it will always be nice to reflect back on these times and to use them to inspire us to do it again!