You know, that's how it all started for me. The first time I didn't leave til Jan.1, and stayed 7 weeks. Three years later I was gone by Thanksgiving, and spending four months in the southlands. Then we bought into a place in Belize, and 16 years after that first visit to the tropics, we left for good. I think I was about your age at the start of that process. There is hope for you yet, Cabana boy.