One of the great, blockbuster sayings of all time:

NO ONE EVER SAID LIFE IS FAIR! .........

I understand what everyone is saying. So it helps me a great deal to keep reminding myself (when I find myself gravitating into the "poor me" mode) that... "the worst of what we do is still far better than the "best" of what most others do for 1/2 the wages!"

I suppose I couldn't have found a better time to "burn out" of playing although what you guys wrote was a large part of the reason for my "burn out!"