You've now jioned the elite Myswags who have managed to incorporate job and love (sorry dear second love

) and get paid for it.
I myself finished IT for the State Gov in early 2009 and haven't looked back.
I now traverse most of the rivers and creeks from the Jardine (yes I walked across it just below the Monument and it took 25 mins

) to the Burdekin measuring how much water flows through them. The trips mostly last one week but accasionally extend to two weeks.

Yep the Gov has a Boating, Camping and Fishing Group

(fishing after work has finished

).
Being exIT perhaps we could job share...?

Good luck with it.
Steve