I feel as if the title of this blog post is evergreen, and has been for the past year at least. Sadly, the answer is consistently “Ready in mind, but not ready in any physical preparations.” Also, sadly, I suspect the future will continue to bring endless opportunities to feel unprepared for our next upcoming …
The three cats did not enjoy the two stops along the way to New Hampshire, being shuffled into and out of the crates, into and out of the car, suffering long drives, only to be introduced to a strange new place before doing it again the next morning. They didn’t get to enjoy the beers …
Those in the know will recognize EZE as the airport code for the Buenos Aires airport of Stephen’s arrival. We took it as a sign, feeling a bit of ease would be a welcome reprieve from the busyness and high stress and grief of the previous week(s). We decided Stephen should join the group of …
April 5th, 2022 We’ve just made the call to the vet to bring Vincent in to be euthanized. So here I sit with Vincent in my lap, me weeping, him calm, relaxed and unfazed. We humans love to torture ourselves, but I refuse to allow myself to think that I haven’t done all I can for …
It’s funny (ha ha ha) how projects can be looming over your head, but still feel like they’re in the distant future. Then, quite suddenly, a decision or two brings everything crashing forward to the top of the To Do list. The timeline changes from Now – Soon – Later to Immediately – Yesterday – …
We’re members of a forum for Antares owners, a group of fabulous people who own the same boat that we’re getting. What makes them so special is they have already been there, done that, and are exceedingly willing to share their experience, advice, photos and ideas. A few months back, we saw a former Antares …
Weird things that happened after we made our decision to move onto a boat: – We stopped watching anything on Netflix, YouTube, etc. that didn’t pertain to our new future life.- Everything in our home has gotten the “going on the boat or not going on the boat” treatment.- We have joined Facebook groups called Gatos …
1. In March of 2020, we took our fifth biennial sailing trip to the British Virgin Islands, enjoying what would be our last hurrah before the pandemic hit the US and the world pretty much shut down. It was a great trip, but Covid suddenly changed everything and by April we barely remembered we’d …