Back ashore.
I did not recognize the sound of my alarm when it suddenly went off on Monday.The bed I was laying in was unfamiliarily soft and the sheets dry. Ryan felt far. It took me a moment to remember where I was, what day it was, and what I was gonna do."Right, going to the office..."Waking up, put on some make up, pack the laptop, check the purse: wallet, phone, keys. Walk outside, take the metro. I realize haven't seen that many people in two weeks.352 mails in the inbox. 8 invitations to meetings. 2 business trips to southern Sweden the coming week... 
It's 11am, and I realize I haven't spent so much time apart from Ryan in two weeks.
"Hey, so, I talked to this broker this morning, and the Jeanneau 409 is still available. It's in Holland though" "Yeah, let him know that we can buy it right away."
So that's it. After our two weeks of intensive sailing-learning, we decided that we really, really like doing this together, that we're definitely buying a sailboat and committing to the project.As Ryan put it "We've done our due diligence". We maturated the idea for months, thought about all the ways we could do this, explored many different options, talked to experienced people and gave ourselves a good reality check. We won't know more about what we put ourselves into until we actually do it.Unfortunately, the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 409 we were interested in got sold. But the broker we're in contact with saw another similar sailboat that he would look at this week end.In an effort to lower our costs so we can afford owning the boat and save for our trip, I also initiated the process of selling my beautiful apartment. It feels hard, as I moved in it only eight months ago and spent a considerable amount of time, energy and money renovating and decorating it. But it's just an apartment!There will always be dream houses out there for us to buy in the future. The opportunity to buy a boat and sail the World is unique, and it happens now. /Sophie - in the process of recovering from a severe post-vacation depression.