doing so in the process. >> and i know you're going to be taking your dog with you. your only companion. i mean, which is -- it's a wonderful thing. a six-pound maltese, right? romeo. >> yeah. >> how have you prepared for this and when are you leaving, i guess. >> yeah, so i'll be departing in may, june for the southern hemisphere weather season from hawaii. and i actually set this goal five years ago. so i have been working towards this financially for five years, taking travel nurse assignments, getting debt-free, paying cash for a boat. i had a previous boat. sailing as much as i can. i am an avid water woman. but something of this magnitude to put it into perspective, a little over 300 people have ever solo sailed around the world. and i'll be one of one in that gr group.