Well, yesterday I paid for my flight to Thailand. Will be flying there on 1st February. I spoke with the adminstration/human resources team at work as well as boss nurse and I will be on leave for a while from Feb. They were OK about it. I gave them 8 weeks notice which helped.

I really like the north of Thailand up in the hill country - staying far away from the touristy places and all the sleazy areas now controlled by the Russian mafia. 