Wow, what a day. My first IT client. My first EIN (employer identification number). I got paid to play. To do something I love. It felt fantastic.

Now I have to keep at, keep building. Make sure I do everything the right way. And not let my fear of success sabotage me.

I've been "studying" the last couple days. Trying to get it all back in my head. School learning is fine, as is book learnin'. But nothing is better than applying that knowledge. And scary too. So much self doubt climbs into my head. So I do it at home first.

I now have a server set up at home that can be accessed from the web. Building firewalls and exception lists. Working on wireless networks. Feels good to use my brain again.