Getting used to it... Well, working on getting used to it.

Some of you may wonder what it's like to live on a boat, the day-to-day part of actually living while on a boat.  In order to answer that, I thought I might run you through a few "typical" days we are having here in the harbor, then give you a few things that are essential for us to think about.  These - as you will see - are parts of life we definitely took for granted while on land and make me both love and hate living on a boat.

Boat Shopping - Take One

Reading over my last entry, I am taken back to almost two months ago when Rob and I thought that boat shopping would be as easy as 1-2-3: one week, two sailors, maybe three thousand miles from Texas to Florida and back with some driving while there.  That was a simpler time, a time of knowing that everything was going to be on our timeline and just as we planned...  That was before Rob and I took the longest "week" trip ever!

We did go to Houston, where we spent one night with my aunt and uncle catching up and talking into the wee hours of the morning.  That part was well worth the trip as my aunt has always been one of my biggest cheerleaders, rallying me to follow my dreams and excited to hear the stories that come from dreams-turned-reality.  It had been too long since I had a 2:00 in the morning story-telling session with her and I had a blast catching up!