Marion, I've been doing it for over 30 years now, and I've loved every minute of it. Of course there were some hard times, but the good - no make that GREAT - times, far outweighed the hard ones.
Stick with it, enjoy every day, let the naysayers and begrudgers wash off you like water off a duck's back, and welcome to the club.
Incidentally, to correct Sorcha; one must never say "Break a leg" to a musician. That's for actors. To a musician one must say, "Break a finger!" *G*


Seamus KennedynottheSeamusupabovethere.