Thanks for all the support. I need it.

I understand about change and I even welcome it now and again. After all that's why I am in Guam instead of spending my winters shoveling the white s--t. And I am getting used to the idea of being retired. I think I might have a ritual burning of the alarm clock on October 1.

Roger, I am not planning to leave Guam, at least not in the immediate future. The house I am moving into is indeed a quaint little bungalow in the suburbs. And it is half the rent of the place I'm in now. I am also selling my pickup truck and getting out from under that car loan. I hope to be able to save enough money to be able to make annual trips out to see the other islands.

Plus I have a wedding to help pay for. My older daughter (Mudcatter Lana) is getting MARRIED! OMIGOD!

The direct result of THAT shindig is that I will be in England in August of 2005. Look out England, here I come! And being retired I should be able to spend as much time there as my money will keep me going.

Other plans include taking Wakana on a tour of the USA. She has never been there and would dearly love to see my home country. Plus I have to go to Japan and see her home country. I want to ride the cross country train across Australia. And she wants to ride the cross country train across Russia.

All this adds up to meeting many more Mudcatters and seeing a lot more of the world.

So, yes, I am getting used to the idea of leaving the day to day grind and living at my own pace for a while.

As to how I will make my way. Besides the retirement income I plan to follow the advice I have seen in this thread. I will turn these pages into a book about moving to Guam. And I will follow that with other writing projects for as long as I can keep it up.