Well, I have my guitar back, with the neck freshly reset and refretted, and am back to regular practice. Last night (Tuesday) was about 35 mins, all in DADGAD:

• Right hand warm ups (four-finger arpeggio patterns, two finger single string picking, two finger string crossing)
• County Down
• Great is Thy
• The Dance of the Capricorn
• Rakkish Paddy
• The Last Pint
• Kadourimdou (cut off partway through on account of supper being ready ;-)

I am very glad to have had the work done on the Bourgeois; playability is much improved, there is no danger of the first string getting pegged behind a fret, intonation is spot-on, and buzzes are gone. Unfortunately, I think I went for too long before having this work done, and am now faced with the challenge of unlearning a few bad habits I had unconsciously gained in order to work around deficiencies in the instrument. But this is a small price to pay.

Here is a good article written by luthier William Cumpiano that offers a thorough discussion of neck angle and playability (among other topics).