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Weeks not Months - Portsmouth RI

Monique Burgess • May 24, 2008

7 weeks, Earth Class Mail - remote mail manager


You can see from the smile on my face, I am one happy mama! We are getting really close to departure from land life....7 weeks to be exact. But who's counting? The kids, who are counting down towards the last day of school, are very aware of the multi-meaning: end of school + end of land life + beginning of cruising life. When I asked if there's more they'll miss than what they're look forward to, I was happy to hear their adventurous positive responses. Good news, they are still grinning from ear to ear when talking about their future.

Our one-way plane tickets to Antigua (where Zen is moored) are purchased, the utility bills are routed to our property manager, our Bon Voyage party is approaching, Earth Class Mail will digitally handle all our paper mail, and our ever patient assistant, Jim, is ready to solve any problem for us while we are at sea.

No wonder we are smiling.


Count down smiles


From Monique: when I post these, if I am lacking photos from crew...I'll add some random sailing ones to keep it fun!


Comments:
Jon Finegold

Happy Sailing! -The Frame Media Team

02 Jun 2008

Regina

I am so excited for you... I'm sure you're near to bursting at the seams!


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