Time Flies

So, I've been on board the tall ship Hawaiian Chieftain for seven months and two days. My contract is up on Saturday, and I am leaving Sunday morning to go back to my mountainous forest home. Most everyone else has been leaving in tears (of joy or of sadness). Personally, I have not felt either way.

Let me explain.

I have loved being on Chieftain. I mean, it's been absolutely amazing and I'm already thinking about when I can come back and sail again. I'm in better shape than I have been in a long time, I've made some amazing friends (more about them coming later), gotten closer to my Lord and Savior and I have learned that I am so much more capable than I have ever given myself credit for (more on that coming soon).

Part of me wants to keep sailing forever, and part of me wants to become a hermit in a cabin in a forested mountain.

Both of these options are things that I don't think will work.

Let me amend that. I fully plan to keep sailing for the rest of my life. I love it. I totally get it and for a girl who always hated heights, there is something about being on the upper topsail yard that I absolutely love. But for a career, at this point in my life? Possible, but I have student loans to deal with first.

Hermit in the woods? Maybe later. Maybe when I retire I'll make my husband go with me to a forest glade and we'll have a boat not too far away and it'll be great. Or I'll do that with my five cats. Only God knows that far in advance.

 Right now, I have almost two entire years mapped out. I'm going to grad school. I'm looking at places that I can work at over those two summers that involve sailing.

Also, I'm thinking about my next adventure. God keeps sending me on all these wild and crazy adventures. What's next? Salem, MA? A paddleboat on the Mississippi? Williamsburg? National Geographic?

Who knows?

One Guy knows. And frankly, as long as He has a plan and tells me what's coming, on a need to know basis, I'm fine with that.

Because no one else knows me as well and no one else knows what I'm capable as much as my Lord and Savior.

Amen.,