My Favorite Poem.

My Heart Leaps Up

My heart leaps up when I behold

A rainbow in the sky.

So was it when my life began;

So is it now I am a man;

So be it when I grow old,

Or let me die!

The Child is father of the Man;

And I could wish my days to be

Bound each to each by natural piety.

-William Wordsworth

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Don’t you just love that line, “The Child is father of the Man”? I love that.

It scares me to think about going back to college, much as I want to finish my degree. Everyone is going to be so much younger than me. And I remember how even I thought to myself how older students were such losers for going to college so late. It just wouldn’t be the same. But then again, I’m not there to hang with the coolest crowds or to sit in the cafeteria and make friends or compare notes. I’m not there to be “accepted.” It’d be just a, “I’m in, then I’m out” kind of thing, as I head back to a life where I run a household. At the same time, how empowering to finally grab that gosh darn diploma that serves as… well, nothing really. Everything that matters to me in this world is right here in my home — my husband and daughter.

But still. Still trying to figure out how we could accomplish all the things we — E and I — want to achieve. E would like to go back to school and study computers. And I’m very supportive of that. And hey, if I can finish my college degree, maybe then I could finally, finally move towards my real dream of working with hair. But I must, must finish my college degree. Financial aid, where are you? :D.