Hi Jason
So far all is well. I still wake up in the morning and think "Hey, I don't have to go to work today!" Maybe when I start to draw my pension I will feel different. So it still feels a bit like a big holiday (vacation).
I am working against the obesity crisis by going to the gym three mornings a week. All those years of drive to work, sit at a desk, drive home watch TV have left their mark. My weight has dropped from 85kg to 84kg. Not amazing but I feel healthier.
I have started monitoring which songs each of our worship leaders uses (and reporting this back) so we can be clear where we are overworking a popular song or where we may be venturing into new territory. I find this helpful for planning and I we all do.
My lovely wife identified a good garden project which has been satisfying (but my back hurts). We had help from some students looking for help to pay their student loans in exchange for financial help but in the end I still had a lot of buckets of broken concrete and soil to carry out to the front to be taken away.
I still sit at the computer but I am still a big step away from vegetating.
All those prayers are obviously working.
