I guess I'll be joining the crowd of the unemployed 2d/3d animators

85-90K may not be 85-90K by the time you get done paying the malpractice or professional insurance probably required. In the Baltimore/Washington area, the premiums are so high that a lot of doctors have stopped practicing, especially OBs.

While you're still young, you should take some time to figure out what you want to do and leave money out of the equation. I wish I would have done something like graphic design and learned that kind of shit. Now, its too late because even if I did take those classes, I couldn't afford the step back in salary. As a result I'm a slave to the MAN.