WEBVTT 00:00:00.620 --> 00:00:05.480 Right place at the right time. Bonjour Paris. 00:00:07.379 --> 00:00:10.500 You seem so far away from the boiler room on 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:12.759 the boat I've been spending more time in recently. 00:00:14.580 --> 00:00:17.460 No central heating or hot water for the last 00:00:17.460 --> 00:00:21.000 few cold days, after getting a new hose for water 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:24.179 supply and filling up the diesel tank. But that's 00:00:24.179 --> 00:00:27.379 not the biggest problem for me. More than for 00:00:27.379 --> 00:00:30.620 my comfort and convenience. I'd just like to 00:00:30.620 --> 00:00:35.479 have things fixed, problems solved. The semi 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:38.479 -regular electricity trip doesn't shock me (get 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:41.240 it?) especially now that I know where to go to 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:44.359 switch it back on, and doing the washing up in 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:47.240 borderline icy water probably has some health 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:51.240 benefit (who knows?) I have neighbours I've been 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:54.439 sending my home cooking to, almost as regularly 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:58.539 as the boat needing water supply, and... I can 00:00:58.539 --> 00:01:01.320 always have a hot shower on their boat now, apparently. 00:01:01.859 --> 00:01:04.359 They have promised they won't look or tell the 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:08.340 other neighbours. I've been enjoying good friends 00:01:08.340 --> 00:01:10.760 coming over for a casual Indonesian dinner on 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:15.700 the boat. Though I must admit, I enjoy my time 00:01:15.700 --> 00:01:20.319 alone more. Probably too much more for a social 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:24.680 creature. I take pleasure in going up and down 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:27.519 the gorgeous narrow red spiral stairs a hundred 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:30.299 times a day to move things around and tidy up; 00:01:31.140 --> 00:01:34.260 in making and sipping my coffee or soy matcha 00:01:34.260 --> 00:01:36.780 latte upstairs in the bright open plant kitchen; 00:01:37.540 --> 00:01:41.079 in sitting at my creative desks to read or write 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:45.500 something or at my work desk to do admin and 00:01:45.500 --> 00:01:49.540 video calls with clients; in playing music on 00:01:49.540 --> 00:01:52.840 my Roberts radio upstairs while cooking; or on 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:55.060 my record player downstairs while just thinking. 00:01:56.260 --> 00:02:01.180 And I think a lot. The idea of living on a boat 00:02:01.180 --> 00:02:05.239 doesn't excite me. I'm loving it, even with the 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:08.819 regular surprises, but I don't see it as an excitement. 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:14.020 Well, if you know me at all, you know I don't 00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:19.340 get excited. I'm loving the unusual space, the 00:02:19.340 --> 00:02:22.990 water around me, the movement, gentle or less 00:02:22.990 --> 00:02:26.889 so, the isolation it provides for me, and the 00:02:26.889 --> 00:02:31.449 constant learning and problem solving. It makes 00:02:31.449 --> 00:02:34.689 me feel closer to myself as I get to know myself 00:02:34.689 --> 00:02:39.210 better. Terrifying, I know, but I watch horror 00:02:39.210 --> 00:02:46.110 films regularly. You seem so far away, with all 00:02:46.110 --> 00:02:48.509 the paperwork required for my long -stay visa, 00:02:49.930 --> 00:02:52.629 and when there's any delay in getting any document, 00:02:52.830 --> 00:02:59.650 you feel even further. But not forgotten. Yet. 00:03:00.789 --> 00:03:04.750 I guess I'm just living in the present more these 00:03:04.750 --> 00:03:08.229 days. Because when there's still enough water 00:03:08.229 --> 00:03:11.610 in the tank to flush the toilet, I'm reminded 00:03:11.610 --> 00:03:18.490 of my existence. I can flush, thus I exist. That, 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:25.219 and my casual meditations. I feel that I miss 00:03:25.219 --> 00:03:30.560 things, places, or people less here on the boat. 00:03:31.659 --> 00:03:34.719 Since moving in two weeks ago, my son has been 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:38.539 once to take me to a fancy jazz dinner as a birthday 00:03:38.539 --> 00:03:41.860 present last weekend. My teenage daughter arrived 00:03:41.860 --> 00:03:44.860 yesterday on the train by herself this last couple 00:03:44.860 --> 00:03:48.460 of times to stay for a few days. My old friend 00:03:48.460 --> 00:03:51.939 Katie, who knows my antics quite well and coincidentally 00:03:51.939 --> 00:03:55.319 doesn't require showering regularly, is visiting 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:58.479 from Paris for a few days until tomorrow. And 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:01.419 my Parisian boyfriend knows where to find me 00:04:01.419 --> 00:04:05.159 when he misses me badly enough. Things are going 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:11.240 well. No, things are going great. I'm not planning 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:14.180 on rushing into trialling my supper club on the 00:04:14.180 --> 00:04:18.240 boat. I'm just going to do what feels right. 00:04:19.740 --> 00:04:23.899 At the moment, it feels right to have solitary 00:04:23.899 --> 00:04:27.000 hours to contemplate and brainstorm internally 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:30.540 and type a few words peacefully in between my 00:04:30.540 --> 00:04:36.980 mundane, boaty activities. I am in the right 00:04:36.980 --> 00:04:40.459 place at the right time, even when the toilet 00:04:40.459 --> 00:04:44.649 doesn't flush, occasionally. And I believe this 00:04:44.649 --> 00:04:47.050 acknowledgement is what will take me to the right 00:04:47.050 --> 00:04:53.250 places at the right time. Always. Albert Bridge 00:04:53.250 --> 00:05:01.689 says hello. Londres. Le 26 octobre 2025. Je t 00:05:01.689 --> 00:05:02.029 'embrasse.