On the short side, I now have 2 years and 10 months of service left in my current job. On the long side, I'm looking at 4 years. It feels good to be getting "close", if you can call that close. I have started investing in the stock market, upped my 457 (like a 401k) to about $1000/month, which is maybe more than I can afford. I am not really prepared for "retirement", so after my state service I'll need to work a couple of years somewhere else and store away all the cash. I don't know if it's a "plan", but it's what I've got. The monthly income shouldn't be a problem... it's the pot of cash I need to purchase a beach home that is the problem.
Santa Marianita, Ecuador
I had an itinerary set for my Ecuador trip that starts out flying into Guayaquil, driving to Posojra, then up the coast possibly as far an Tonsupa. However, I have fallen in love from afar with Santa Marianita. It's only about 15-20 minutes outside of Manta, which is a fairly major city of 250,000 people, and provides all the luxuries you would expect from a similarly sized American city. You can even eat American fast food chains like KFC or Papa John's, if you're so inclined. (I'm not. I've had enough of that drek.) Many years ago, I saw a picture of a dirt road, still unpaved, going down to the beach in Ecuador. I found it exciting and beautiful, but did not know where it actually was in Ecuador. I could imagine myself driving that road in my Jeep. I saved that picture, but can't seem to locate it now. Looking at a YouTube video the other day, I realized the video is of the same road I was fixated on so many years ago! ...
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