A Foolish Flight of Fancy?

I have just completed my first weekend in the University of Texas at Austin Option III Executive Masters of Science in Engineering Management. And I am buzzed!

When I first decided to pursue graduate school, it seemed like such an impossible task. I work full time. I have a wife, two young children, and a house to take care of. I'm tired all the time anyway. I've been out of school for 18 years and I doubt that I can learn in a college setting anymore. I have no time as it is; how could I surrender one weekend a month? And let's not forget about the boatload of money it would cost. It seemed like a foolish flight of fancy.

Yet, here I am, having finished my first weekend.

Just being on campus is electrifying for me. The varieties of people, the sense of opportunity, the thoughts and ideas that float through the place like clouds. The vibrancy of youth, the feeling of all of life opening up before me, the seemingly endless stimulation. Wow. It's quite a high.

Now, I'm old enough to know that there will be lows over the next two years of this program. But right now I'm on a high.

I already have a list of 12 topics I want to write about on this blog, and this is only after the first weekend of classes. I have to go back to my real life now, but I commit to myself to keep writing here. It will help me maintain my high.