@MS - thanks for points and sharing your experience you are right on the money. Movng wasn't an option wife said she didn't want to uproot the kids, etc. Then last week she says, "Maybe we should switch KHs?" And I'm like WTH now you are saying this? But she was mostly just thinking out loud.
UPDATE- Well I have told nearly all the people I care about over the last two weeks. Everyone was very good about it, but a couple were a little "too disappointed", telling me I am the best speaker in the Hall, we can't afford to lose you, etc. but then they backed off and calmed down.
It was announced last night- but it was a bit weird because we had two new appointments... [applause] and then the COBE goes, "...And we have one deletion... *pause* ...Brother [RayPublisher]..."
Once the CO signed off on it (our CO visit ended exactly 1 week ago) our COBE got the response back on the jw.org site he told me that before they announced it last night.
So whatever, it's over thank-you-Jee-Sus!
But now I have the "power of the publisher" lol I actually told that to one of the elders and he laughed because now I have to be treated tenderly as a little sheep lol. Am gonna keep up meetings about 75% I figure for awhile and even give a stray #3 talk here and there. They want me to do microphones again *yeah right* I don't think I will I didn't say no and the schedule is way out by several months. I'm learning to say a lot less about things and just nod my head more.
Until I don't want to do something and then I just say "I'm not in a position to do that right now sorry."
So now I guess I need to start a new thread about the slo-mo fade...although there is probably at least 1,682 previous threads on that one and Blondie will no doubt post a friendly reminder of such when she has time LOL