And So It Begins

Us sometime after midnight taking a moment to
relax on our floor in our empty apartment

We have slowly been getting into the living on the boat/blogging groove after our chaotic last two weeks in Chicago. For those who don't know we had to postpone our Monday send off until Wednesday because, well, there just weren't enough hours in the day to do everything that we needed to complete before shoving off. We quit our jobs and are sailing from Chicago to Portland, Maine this summer. 

We thought we had our last couple of weeks planned SO perfectly. Our last days of work were both on June 1st then we had all day June 2nd to pack all of our remaining stuff that was being sent in the pod. June 3rd we scheduled the movers to come in and take all of our stuff not only to the pod but also pack the pod for us. (In Chicago, you aren't able to have the pod sitting on the street hence why we needed movers to not only pack the pod but also move or stuff from our apartment to our pod.) Our thought was to get all of the nitty gritty stuff out of he way so that we could focus on getting the boat in order our last week during the day and at night we would be able to hang with friends. Perfect plan right!?!

The reason why we did it this way is because we heard and read about all the other couples  we followed who were doing a similar thing we are and each one of them experienced the time crunch during the last few weeks before sailing off peacefully into the sunset. 'That won't be us' we said. 'Our last week in Chicago will be spent finishing up little stuff but we will be able to hangout and see our family and friends' we said. Well, I'm sad to say that we ended us eating our words, each and every one of them.

Every day after our last one at work was packed with a laundry list of things to complete. By the time our parents came into town for our going away party a week ago Saturday and to help us finish everything on our need to complete list we were going full throttle and didn't have time to stop and think. Thankfully they were in town to not only to lend a hand, ear, car, etc. but also feed us, since food was the last thing on our minds, and help cross each must do before we leave off he list. They did everything we asked without question or hesitation and we cannot thank them enough. Without their help and support we would still be in our apartment in Chicago. We seriously cannot thank them enough. 

After trying so hard not to, we ended up being 'those people' but I think a little more worse for wear. When left Montrose Harbor Wednesday morning, we shoved off with a very, VERY disheveled boat. We were so burnt out that we just weren't very excited anymore about this amazing journey we have been preparing for for years. We needed to find our passion of why we're doing what we are doing. It became a chore and we needed to regroup and refocus that THIS is OUR DREAM! The dream that we have been working on together for the last 8 years to finally get to this exact point in life. EIGHT YEARS! And you better believe that we were and are determined to enjoy each and every minute of it! 

We do still have a laundry list of to-dos however we are now able to complete things at a more relaxed and desirable pace. As we get more into a routine and out of the fabulous places we know and love dearly in southern Michigan we will be posting more as well as completing and posting a plethora of past writings that we were just too lazy to post before. We'd love for you to stick around and join this journey we will be on for the next 2-2.5 months! FYI... We updated the track us links, you can track us through our spot tracker or with our AIS.