That sounds like a great program Gayle! There were people in their 40's when I went to college too... just finally doing what they wanted to do.
I had a talk with my boss today and I got a pretty substantial raise. I don't get my own office, but I have the go-ahead to come up with a new plan for the area of the office where I sit... I'm the only person there after all! And I hate just sitting out in the open so I get to bring in partition walls to block off an area for myself. All the better to hide my 4WT breaks
I also told him I'd like to work towards my applied science technologist (a.sc.t) designation, and to do that I'd need to be much more involved in projects. I told him I can't JUST draft. He said that sounds great and if I can hold out until we get another drafter (they're looking!), I can start helping out our civil engineer with her projects. So that might make work a little more exciting
It's just funny that this whole meeting came up out of nowhere today when I had been thinking so seriously about changing my career!