[isogeople]

I live in Central Florida and I'm hell bent on moving to the DR God willing, if I live long enough to retire in 14 years.

As a serviceman, I was stationed in PR about 17 years ago in a town called Ceiba. The first few months there were crazy. I was excited about taking an entire day off just to get my lights turned on, and thought it was the greatest thing that one could run the red lights after midnight and that you could commit the most eggregious traffic infractions with impunity(that was one of the greatest freedoms). There were great beaches and trips to the beach, Patronales, trips to the outer islands, the other side of PR, Mayaguez, Rincon etc... not to mention the senoritas; but man, after about a year, I plateaued. Some of these things became annoying and I was going nuts and the lack of customer service, the lack of courtesy on the road, you name it, it bugged the crap out of me.

Some of the guys that had been there before me called it "ISLAND FEVER" That's when you become the perpetrator of all the things that annoyed you when you got to the island and vice versa, they now have become or appeared normal and rational (at least to you). The only cure was a transfer :-).

My question is: In the DR, has anyone experienced these types of situations, what do you do when the novelty wears off? Do any of you have or have gotten ISLAND FEVER? if so, what do you do? what is the cure, so to speak?