Congrats! Now, get moving on your General ticket!
After years of delay I got mine a few years ago. We have a small group of like-minded hams scattered across the region and regularly practice voice and digital communications, mostly without relying on infrastructure (e.g. repeaters) that are out of our control.
I earned my Advanced ticket many years ago. I would have kept it too, but the lure of the Extra sub-bands called.