Both Eric and my mother encouraged me to take a lower class load.  I believe that I will. I don't know why it's such a hard thing to deal with -- finishing up at age 41 or 42 rather than 40. I'll still have 30 or so good years, right? I hope...

Seriously, though, I think it's for the best. I've been doing a 2 steps forward and 1 step back thing ( Read more... )