It all starts with number 1

Well, everything always has to start somewhere. Or so i'm told. They say I should start my first blog post with some information about myself, but I've never wanted to listen to what they say before so why should I start now? So here goes, I woke up at three in the morning on a freezing cold van floor in the walmart parking lot, in sweet water Tennessee. Im beginning to wonder what I am even doing here myself. I went inside to use the bathroom and had to walk past a homeless guy sleeping on the bench out front, I thought to myself "nope. I could absolutely never do that!" So you are all probably wondering what has happened in my life to get to this point. Well, actually I live a really amazing life. I am one

hundred percent happy with my life. To be fair, I did just get done with a 2200 nautical mile sail from Michigan to the Florida keys and around Florida with my dad. Were picking up a school bus today to make a business out of and live out of, but thats all another story for another blog. Because this blog is about me, who I am and what Im all about. I grew up in a small town in the upper peninsula of Michigan called Marquette. Its nothing to fancy, but it feels like home to me. Beautiful area, with some small mountains to hike and camp around, and waterfalls to jump off of. It basically has everything I need. The people are friendly too. I wasn't born there, but I had lived there since I was in the third grade. My parents got divorced when I was three and dad moved down to ludinton which is about 9 hours away from Marquette. Needless to say, I didnt see him much growing up. Mom pretty much raised me and my older brother Ethan by herself. Well of course my grandparents helped when they could. I fianlly got out of high school and decided I should go to college. Thats what everyone is suppose to do right? Well a little about myself would have to be that I played the violin for ten years, but am still not very good at it. I enjoy the outdoors more than anything, the sun and the woods, hiking, swimming, all that good stuff. So I went for four years to northern michigan university and ended up with a surgical technologist degree. I also ended up with thirty two thousand dollars in debt. I moved down to traverse city after graduation and worked at a survey center for a year. I had a boyfriend at the time I met at northern that moved with me, so at least I didn't have to do it all alone. We broke up during the sailing trip. The job was a regular 9-5, well actually it was 6-3 because surgery doesnt sleep....like ever. I soon realized that I wanted to make a life that I was happy about, one that I didn't need a vacation from so to speak. I liked my job, but it was so high stress I didn't think I was truly happy doing it. So when my dad called me and said I'm taking another sailboat down to Florida this winter, if your interested. I immediately quit my job, sold everything I owned, and was ready to take off. That very moment in my life is where my story really begins, because it was the biggest change I have ever taken, and it was the most eye opening moment of my life. So thats where ill begin...