Back to School

So...how cool is this? I'm 31 years old. I graduated from college in 1999. Since then I've been a journalist--for ten years. But now, at this very minute, I'm finishing my first reading assignment for Princeton's History 293, "Science in a Global Context," taught by D. Graham Burnett. Today is the first day of classes. (Princeton starts late.) I am a student again, exhilarated by the prospect--and also deeply confused by it. For example, I currently have numerous journalistic and book assignments, in various stages of completion. So while I'm being a student, I'm also going to have to keep being a professional writer. How is that going to skew the experience? Similarly, I have a lease, a dog, a fiance, a car, bills, taxes, a driveway and sidewalk to shovel, etcetera. Back when I was a student the first time around, I worried about none of these things. How is that going to skew the experience? I don't know yet, but I hope to blog and write about it. Stand by...