Holy crap.

So next week, I go from a pretty cushy (if bland, and horribly far) job in IT, to a job where I'm making *things* for a glass studio.

Holy crap.

I spent the day at the studio on monday, they had me design a system to move a series of swivels to different points on the face of a giant custom kiln they have. They run cables through the glass in the kiln, and then weight it at various points. So I designed this rail system, and then they bought the metal and I started to weld it together. It seems like it's gonna work really well, but there was far too much work to do in a day, so I left instructions on how to finish it in case I didn't end up working there.

Well, I'm gonna go in and finish it. And when it's done, they're gonna have me make something else. And so on. It sounds completely awesome and fun, cause I'll be making *things* all the time. And I get to design them, and make them how I want, and on and on and on. I'm so excited. I'm gonna learn so much!

But jesus christ is this ever scary. I'm taking a significant pay cut to work there, and I won't have health insurance through work for the first while. (anyone have any good tips on private insurance?)

I feel like this is the right thing to do, but I mean, I've been fooling with tech my whole life. I've been fooling with building things for a year and a few months.

I'm so scared. I'm really excited.

p.s. It's in San Francisco!