Congrats, Doc! That's quite a milestone. I was near catatonic for weeks after my defense. All I could do was drink beer and guerilla fish the Detroit River. I already had a job lined up, though, so I was super lucky.
Thanks Joe! Much appreciated! Yes, I'm now fighting to reconcile the urge to take a couple of bottles of bourbon and go camping for a week or two (or three!) with the necessity of finding employment. Now if I line up that job somewhat soon I'll be looking at perhaps unprecedented spousal permission to take off and do some bucket list solo backpacking, so there's that to (maybe) look forward to!
BTW that Tilshead you sold me last month has quickly turned into one of my favorite VA pipes. Just a great smoker!