10 Things We DON'T Miss About Land Life
- Sep 9, 2016
- 3 min read
1. Full Length Mirrors
Our boat is equipped with one single, solitary mirror, above the bathroom sink. I can see myself from shoulders up, and if I prop one leg up on the shower seat and stand so my head is smooshed against the ceiling like a circus chimpanzee, I can see my right side of my body from the waist up.
Due to the lack of reflective surfaces aboard, long gone are the days of pouring over outfits, making sure the colors match and the fit is just right. Belt or no belt? Third or fourth button on the sweater? The black slacks or the blue slacks? Does this print make me look fat?
Now, we get dressed, brush our teeth, and we go about our day. Maybe we look ridiculous, and maybe we look fabulous. We really don't know... and ignorance is bliss.
2. Traffic
Don't get me wrong, we waste a lot of time around here. Facebooking... Napping... Tinkering with projects. But AT LEAST it isn't wasting hours a day in a car, infuriated, blood pressure rising, about to LOSE MY SH*T because that guy didn't use his blinker.
3. Hot Water
The weather in the Caribbean is freakin' hot.... like so hot you think you may literally have sailed to hell by accident. In fact, a hot shower after a day sailing the Caribbean would be my definition of pure torture.
4. Cable
With the availability of Netflix, Amazon, and internet news, we've found the only things missing from our entertainment are the shady extra monthy charges. I'm lookin' at you, Charter Cable Company.
5 High Heels & Ties
I mean, seriously, who decided these things are professional? "Hey, teeter around on tiny stilts and tie this fabric around your neck and now you look super responsible." These are two of the most ridiculous things ever invented by humans and we hope to never wear them again.
6. Daily Showers
We have extremely limited water supply, which means freshwater showers are reserved only for the fanciest of occasions . But, we've realized that daily showers are overkill anyway, especially living in the sea. Constant swimming and acclimation to the temperatures here mean our bodies are producing fewer odors and dirt doesn't really accumulate the way it did when we lived on land... or maybe we're nose-blind to the smell and nobody wants to tell us? We aren't really sure.
7. The Microwave
We never really used our microwave on land, anyway, partly because we didn't love the idea of our food being pulsed with magnetic waves until the particles started to heat up - weird - but also because it was located in the back of the pantry and we were too lazy to get to it. So when our boat came microwave-less with no space for one, we weren't that bummed. Making coffee goes from 2 minutes to 10 minutes. What's the hurry, anyway?
8. Static Electricity
Living on the water means humidity is always high aboard our vessel, and although high humidity causes 99 problems aboard our sailboat, surprise zaps and frizzy hair from static electricity ain't one.
9. Fast Food
Do we sometimes get hungover from too much Captain Morgan and want nothing more on this earth than a Chicken Chalupa Supreme and a Mountain Dew from Taco Bell? Yea, of course. We are 'Mericans, after all. But, we can't get it whilst bobbing around in the ocean, and that's good for our bodies and our health. Not so good for our hangovers.
10. Freezing Rain
Rain... that freezes as it hits your face, the sidewalk, the roads, your car windshield. As if it weren't bad enough that it's finger-numbing cold outside, then it starts raining, and finally it all freezes into an invisible layer of life-threatening ice on roads and sidewalks. Absolutely RUDE on Mother Nature's part.
Just rude.
Thanks for Reading,
Ben, Quinn and Ruca
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