Well, I asked him to satiate my curiosity and to see if he was embarking on anything overambitious, which it sounds like he isn't, so I'm going to probably be checking in on the status to see what ends up being made.
That's usually my backup plan, but now I'm rarely without my phone. so it's only my backup plan when my phone battery is low I have this weird directional sense almost no matter where I am. If I think to wonder what direction I'm facing, I almost instantly figure it out, even when I'm indoors. It's quite handy, but sometimes my sense of direction gives me the creeps, haha.