Joe College rides again.

Last week, I applied to go back to college.  I have taken the opportunity presented to me by my recent unemployment to take the plunge and finish what I started some 25 years ago. 

I was thinking about it and while I am considerably excited about this one thing keeps creeping into my mind: what the hell am I doing?  In 1987, I had the advantage of being ignorant to the ways of the world and definitely the way college worked.  Now, a quarter century later, the whole process has turned over probably 50 times. 

One thing I keep telling myself: this is a means to an end.

Things are different and for once, I can make it work for me. The main thing is that I am NOT an 18-year old kid who is tired of school.  I am 43 and 23 of those were spent working in the real world so instead of having an idelaized view of the world off campus I know the reality of it.  I see that as an advantage.  Life was different then, though.

We'll have to see how it goers.  I still have to get a job and that is a key part of all this.  Hopefully it will be a job that will be conducive to someone in school.  After that, like everything else in the world, I'll figure it out.