We are moving on our sailboat

10 days to the move, we are getting the boat ready for us to move onboard!

I was secretly hoping that Ryan would have put the boat back in order while I was away, sailing across the North Sea. Nope! It had a lot of work left to do…

Coming home, the reality of what’s coming hit me hard. I started to process what it meant to leave the life that we have built here in Stockholm, and shed a tear. I had not imagined that leaving our apartment was going to make me sad. My mind found every way possible to distract myself from processing the emotions involved in such a move. The next day, we were at the boat, starting the move.

I found a lot of the things that we had packed at the end of the 2017 season, which of some of my favorite items: the pirate hat and our French and American courtesy flags.

We ended up at Ikea, where Ryan hunt for boxes big enough to contain his Millennium Falcon Lego, as well as the rest of his huge collection. Ikea’s biggest box wasn’t nearly big enough, and we left as soon as we could.

I bought a knife magnet, that will hold the knives in a corner of the galley, and make them more accessible and safer to access. Very happy with how the galley is turning!

In the process of putting the boat back together, I found myself wrestling with the cushions in order to put the covers back on, and play a game of Tetris to figure out what cushion went where.

At the end of the day(s), Polar Seal is starting to look like herself again. We are exhausted, stressed, and a little panicked about the life change. We are also super excited about it!!! I can’t wait to visit new countries, meet new friends and visit my hometown in my own sailboat. Pretty cool I think :)

Ryan realized right as we were speaking that the tour is passing through my hometown right when we plan to be there, which will be the occasion for him to realize one of his lifetime dreams: spectating the tour.

Next week, we will be living on the boat. Exciting and crazy at the same time!