Day 273, Year 11: Mary Ellen and Lee Arrive and . . .
Date: Thursday, July 21, 2016
Weather: Sunny Day; High 82 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Studio #8, Falmouth, MA
Mary Ellen and Lee, Mark’s sister and brother-in-law, arrived this afternoon. They will be staying with us for a week or so and we are so excited to have them here. They arrived pulling a U-Haul trailer filled with the remainder of our belongings from Windbird. How could one sailboat hold SO MUCH STUFF! Mark spent his morning putting together the bookshelf we bought yesterday at IKEA and putting up the wall-bracketed shelves above the computer desk in our bedroom. As he assembled the shelves, I unpacked most of the books that were already here and put them on the shelves. But when Lee and Mary Ellen arrived, there were five more big boxes of books. There are a number of books that need to be returned to Windbird.
And speaking of Windbird, here comes the ‘and’ part. Today we got a call from our agent, John Schwab, saying we have a verbal agreement with the prospective buyers, Sam and Dawn. We love Windbird so much and are absolutely elated that a young, energetic couple will be the new owners. I’ll hold off doing my happy dance to celebrate until we all officially sign off on the deal. But in the meantime, as I unpack things from the boat, I am repacking some of it in boxes to send back to Windbird. Lots of house warming gifts for Sam and Dawn.
