So I was TIG welding for a small sheet metal shop for the past couple of months. Enjoyable at first but slowly started becoming like fingernails on a chalkboard after awhile. I finally left last month under a healthy parting. So no hard feelings and a good reference to use later. I've been relaxing at home for the past month and a half and actually registered at UBI for the professional repair/shop operation two week course this July. Today I was offered a full time mechanics position at a shop in town that I dropped my resume off at last week. So I'm holding off on the course for now. I don't want to drop two grand for a two week course in place of paid training and five months of full time experience from working at the shop. The owner asked me if I could push the course back to fall but he said I would most likely have everything covered from what I'd learn in the course and it wasn't a big issue if I didn't take the course.

But I'm super pumped to be paid to do something I love doing finally. Also I'll be able to work full time year round which is another bonus. Working full time year round back in Wisconsin would of been pretty difficult so I never really went for it. It's a decent sized shop with two locations and I'm only 12 miles away round trip from the shop I'll be at so it'll be a nice little ride I can get in to and from. I didn't ask to see what kind of discounts I get but it's not a big issue for me. I'll be wrenching on Trek and Cannondale everyday but the other location has a Campy tool kit so it all works out in the end. lol.

Yay!

Now I can pick up a jig that a local fellow has for sale and dust off my framebuilding skills I aquired two years ago. Double yay!