Banjo,
I just spent a week where I did mostly non flying work, doing my bit for an IT product launch and preparing a bunch of helicopter technical exams for students. Five days without flying - the l longest for years without a hover - can't bear it. Flew this morning and it's just like the first time all over again. Magic carpet time !
'To fly is heavenly; but to hover is divine.'
You don't really work (except if you go into the grey soup often) once you start flying helicopters. Somebody just pays you to do what you would do anyway. Ask yourself what you would do if you won the lottery (lotto - whatever). Most of us would just carry on with what we do already, except maybe get a couple of new ratings and drive to work in a nicer car. Makes you think...
Oh, and discobeast, I didn't think of Linda buying her own helicopter. It was someone else but there you go anyway. There's another person who did it.