Yeah, so...sorry about the bad high school sports analogy...
Anyway, I am just now having a chance to breathe after a few weeks of career insanity (all good, luckily), and have taken another step forward (or is that upward?) in my career. I'm playing with some real heavyweights, too -- all of whom have "varsity" level gigs. I'm JV, at best, but I'm hoping to have some of that rub off on me. When guys playing keyboards, etc. are better guitarists than you -- well, you're playing with some serious contenders.