Check. Check. Check. Holy Mother. What have I done?

Episode 7: The Only Thing That Slows Me Down

In this week of Go-Girl I am telling you where I have been. I am letting you know why I have been missing, and articulating the one thing that has the ability to slow me down in my go-girl era. It wasn’t the North Sea. It wasn’t the boat, or international travel with a cat. I cleared those hurdles and yes while the boat has come with some deep breaths, it has not required my whole capacity.  My Go Girl Era came to a screeching halt due to a small, blond haired three year old who required me to surrender my entire inner world in order to ensure he was alive by the end of the day. I have emerged from this summer older and wiser. Ready for the next adventure, but still recovering from the last one. Maybe the biggest adventure of all: caregiving to a three year old.    Music and Sound from Episode Music: Last Nomad by VOLO  from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/volo/last-nomad License code: TI2GHBIKKL4GY7QB Cosmic Nebula Soundscape for Space Exploration by LolaMoore -- https://freesound.org/s/758412/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Episode 6: Wanderlust

Today I am telling you about the first contending points of this adventure. What it really is to travel with a cat. How it feels to be a nanny during work hours, and work on a boat in the evenings and weekends. And lastly, what it was like to meet my project boat for the first time. In this episode of Go-Girl I am telling you about where the rubber hits the road in this adventure. The hops and skips that make me doubtful, and the contending points that may just give me a few new gray hairs. I’m here for it all.     www.alexandrarossworks.com/gogirl [http://www.alexandrarossworks.com/gogirl]   Buy me a pint! [http://patreon.com/user?u=86664925]   Music and Sound from Episode Music: Last Nomad by VOLO  from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/volo/last-nomad License code: TI2GHBIKKL4GY7QB Cosmic Nebula Soundscape for Space Exploration by LolaMoore -- https://freesound.org/s/758412/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Tramontane Wind on Top of the Canigou Mountain (French Pyrenees) by davidlagarde -- https://freesound.org/s/759918/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Check. Check. Check. Holy Mother. What have I done?

Today is just a check in. This is a quick episode to pause, catch my breath mid stride, and give you my current status. If I define adventures as capacity expanding experiences, this trip has been an adventure, and this podcast is being recorded at the moment of expansion. This is the moment where I am crossing a threshold from an old version of me into this new version. Folks, it is a bumpy ride, and I am grateful for the experience, and also wondering a little bit what it was that I was thinking. I have been so focused on how to get here with a cat, I have only just begun to realize what it is I have signed up for. The first little niggles of doubt are sinking in. Am I really going to renovate a boat? Will I be able to navigate tides and currents let alone the north sea? What was I thinking that I could just do this without more planning and experience.   www.alexandrarossworks.com/gogirl [http://www.alexandrarossworks.com/gogirl]   Buy me a pint! [http://patreon.com/user?u=86664925]   Music and Sound from Episode Music: Last Nomad by VOLO  from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/volo/last-nomad License code: TI2GHBIKKL4GY7QB Tattoo Gun by rayprice -- https://freesound.org/s/155005/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Episode 5: How to Adventure Cat

In this episode of Go Girl I am telling you the plan for how HRH Queen Guinevere Cinnamon Cupcake and I will make our way from our tiny cabin, across the Atlantic, land in Paris and head north to Dieppe to catch a ferry to England. The road has already had twists and turns, and we haven’t even left! International travel  can be a challenge—throw a cat in mix and it becomes an extra special ball of stress!      www.alexandrarossworks.com/gogirl [http://www.alexandrarossworks.com/gogirl]   Buy me a pint! [http://patreon.com/user?u=86664925]   Music and Sound from Episode Music: Last Nomad by VOLO  from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/volo/last-nomad License code: TI2GHBIKKL4GY7QB Cosmic Nebula Soundscape for Space Exploration by LolaMoore -- https://freesound.org/s/758412/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Cat_growl.wav by Islabonita -- https://freesound.org/s/471059/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Episode 4: I bought a boat

It took 3 sisters, two weeks, and one wild goose chase, but it happened. I am now the very proud owner of a little 1988 Itchen Ferry–a 25 foot project boat intended to be my home. I know so little about boats, nevertheless, I feel very confident that I can get this up and running into a liveaboard vessel in the matter of 6 weeks.  But what have I bought? In this episode I will tell you everything I know about this little vessel–every scrap of information I have scavenged from online databases, message boards, and niche websites. Today I introduce you to the Analucia.     www.alexandrarossworks.com/gogirl [http://www.alexandrarossworks.com/gogirl]   Buy me a pint! [http://patreon.com/user?u=86664925]   Music and Sound from Episode Music: Last Nomad by VOLO  from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/volo/last-nomad License code: TI2GHBIKKL4GY7QB UK Dialing "Ringing" Tone by AdamWeeden -- https://freesound.org/s/163637/ -- License: Attribution 3.0