I forgot to mention to everyone that I heard from Tom. He seems to be enjoying himself. Bought himself an Irish banjo and is having fun with that while also expanding his guitar horizons (unfortunately to include, among other things, C&W). He still hasn't decided whether he needs or wants to find part time work, so for now I guess he's relaxing. He says that if he does decide to find part time work, he thinks he'd rather it not be in the programming field. Says he doesn't need the stress.

He seems to be enjoying his life.