Ohhh yes, the stories that could be told -
I think one has already emerged (see: the we-write, hosted by @owasco).
I love this!! To be so busy, so hard working, yet loving it (and able to lug a hundred-pound bag up all those stairs). I want to join you in a parallel universe.

... it took me off the path of computer programmer, which I now know I would have hated, and put me firmly on the path to becoming a restaurateur.