A couple months ago, I put in for a deferred salary leave from my work. Basically, for a set time a portion of my salary gets banked and at the end I get leave with pay. I set it up to start the deductions in November of this year for a little over five years. I get a full year off starting August 2017, which sounds crazy far off right now! We picked that time because it would have been hard for my work to say no with 6 years notice and it is when Stuart plans to sell his company.
I got my official approval today! Our plan is to get outta the far north for most of that year and explore Central America. I really want to do some volunteer work with the Leatherback Trust in Costa Rica or some sea turtle group. Sea turtles fascinate me!
The next few years promise to be quite depressing around here; all my dogs except Tehya are at least ten, most are over 12. This gives me something to look forward to since we decided there would be no new critters here for a long time.
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. I'd like to be able to converse more though. I want to spend my birthday next year in Nicaragua(if we can find a new dog sitter). I've been told it's a difficult country to navigate without some Spanish skills.
Your plans sound interesting.
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