Class resumed today. After a 4-week much-needed break I picked up where I left off: Microeconomics. Ewe. The first day showed so many initial posts from the instructor that I feel somewhat intimidated about starting up again. I still have a lot on my plate...can I add school back in and manage without going crazy? I don't really have a choice. Well, technically, yes, I do have a choice. I could quit. Or I could forge ahead. I choose the latter.

I think I will have to take this one day at a time. One week at a time. One class at a time. Until I get my momentum back, I just have to keep going.

I wonder if part of what is keeping me from jumping back in with both feet is the fact that I am not home yet. I'm still away, which makes it difficult at best to focus on anything other than my task(s) at hand and that is taking care of this family. One might think that without the element of my career occupying a third of my day I would have an easier time of it but it just is not the case. There is something to be said about routine...long-standing routine, that helps keep momentum going. Changes in routine have a way of upsetting productivity--at least for me.

I head home in 9 days; maybe I'll have managed to get through Week 1 without too many bumps. From what I can tell, however, this instructor is prolific...hopefully, his assignments are not too crazy.