1000 moments

Texto escrito em 3 de dezembro para o Forum dos pais do SaS 16/17

Here comes the sun and it seems to bring all kinds of amazing things. Waking up to the shining sun through the bedroom window, studying outside, with only centimeters between us, the dolphins and the waves… Not being happy here and now, that’s a real challenge! With school, things fitted in. I got used to the different routine and, at sea, I feel school work under control. Not being in the same point as my class at home is sometimes worrying but part of this whole process and part of life is learning how to deal with it. It, being the part of life that concerns, worries and frustrates us. We’ve been away for more than a month now. When standing on deck, with flip flops, t-shirt, shorts and sun glasses, it feels like a distant memory, those first few cold, hard, rough days, after IJmuiden. The days in which everything went around getting up for watch, living through the seasickness and falling back to deep sleep again. Those were days during which we used 3 layers of clothes, gloves and warm hats. It’s a peculiar feeling. Only one month has gone by. Nevertheless there were 31 days, 744 hours, 1000 moments that have gone by. The first few pages in my diary are incredibly far away but also so present and close to the present moment. Now, in these crazy amazing days, the big words are, for me, sea, salt and sun. During the first days aboard, I felt my emotions completely unbalanced, the huge uncontrolled swinging from emotion A to B. Now, there is this huge constant and real happiness coming from everywhere and floating around. It comes from a beautiful poem, a good math day, a nice shower, a good talk, a fun watch, a sunny day or a clear night. The sun arrived already and a beautiful and extraordinary energy came with it!