Thanks guys. I think it's more the physical constraints that tend to make me think seriously about retirement. I absolutely love what I do, and apparently, I must be doing a good job or the phone would not be wringing constantly with folks asking me to play more. However, either I'm getting weaker, or that damned equipment is gaining weight. Everything seems heavier, even that 23-pound keyboard and Bose L1 Compact.

Additionally, today's weather was beautiful, temperature in the mid 80s, nice breeze of about 15 MPH, a perfect day for sailing, but I had to work. I would rather have been out on Chesapeake Bay with wind filling the sails and watching the world go by. I'm off for the next 9 days, a stretch I placed in the schedule for taking a short cruise on my boat with my wife. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate.

I kinda figure that after working for 65 years is enough for anyone. Maybe I'll take Don Mason's advice and rise the prices, do fewer jobs and probably make the same amount of money. We'll see how things go from here. I have currently cut back to 5 to 8 jobs a week, which is a substantial decrease over what I was doing two years ago. Now, instead of playing for 52 facilities every month, I'm down to 32 locations, nearly all of which are within 20 minutes drive time from my home. If I jack up the price another $25 I'm sure that half of them will opt out.

Thanks again for your responses everyone,

Gary