# here is the meat of our worker code

    log_status("worker starting; config=blah...");
    # ... work ...
    log_status("worker starting stage two");
    # ... more work ...
    log_status("worker starting stage three");
    sleep 30;  # it's a long one
    # finally!  whew, that was hard work :)
    log_status("worker exiting");
    close_status();