Out of Left Field

I feel like I've been catapulted into a new arena of thought. All of my children are here and living. I have a full life, and I've got my toes in many different ponds right now. Within four years, all of my children will be in school. Within 5 years, I'll be free from 8 to 3. That's a lot of hours in a day. I decided to call the University, so see what I would need to apply for their Masters of Architecture. Turns out, I need some math and some physics before I can even register for their 3+ Maters program, which is where I'd need to be, I'm sure, considering that I've been out of school for 14 years and haven't practiced in my field. I can take the math and physics courses online or the community college. I have to be able to pass a test and show that I can handle the Calculus course before I can register for it, online or otherwise. I did a little digging on the community college website and found that the book for both the trigonometry and College Algebra were the same - and then I found it online for $15.00 (which is like 15% of retail) and I bought it. I've printed out all of the homework assignments and I'm going to start studying. So, there you have it. I'm going back to school - without the professor, and just so that I can get ready for a test, to take some classes which might help me decide whether I really want to go back to school or not. I'm actually a little bit excited about re-learning math again. No matter what, the things that I'm working on now will be very helpful to me when my kids start getting into more than add/subract/multiply/divide.