Ummmm...remind me why this is a good idea?
Hot showers…I am going to miss long, hot showers. Honestly there isn’t much else that I think will be a sacrifice without some equivalent pay-off. But we have a big, lovely, new shower and a reliable, never-ending tankless water heater and having a shower on a boat could not be further from my current at-home experience. Dammit. I tell myself that I will just adjust and maybe shower less (stinky) or faster (half-assed) or find magical showers that pop up like toadstools in a forest…I tell myself.
Ok going from hot house showers to some form of alternative boat showers is not a big deal. Not really. Like, get some friggin’ perspective right? Yes. That said, when I think about my shower that question floats into my mind…why are we doing this? This is a good idea right?
Major change…anyone who knows me knows I love making other people change their stuff and I hate changing mine (Liz pointed this out to me once and I was once again reminded of her brilliance). So here we are, embarking on major VOLUNTARY change.
So in those moments, this is my mantra:
going to be so good for the kids to travel this way with their parents (learning and bonding opportunities abound)
homeschool will be an awesome experience for all involved (their public school has us not-so-impressed these days)
they are the perfect age to whisk them away…they still think we are cool (as of this post 11, 8 and 6)
we’ve been thinking about it for 10 years and our life circumstances have culminated to this door being open to us…and we feel like we should walk through it
the whole YOLO thing but I really try not to say that because…well…barf.
So I end up reminding myself this is a good idea…usually right after I have a lovely hot long shower at home :P
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