Today’s column is being written on my laptop as I sit in the front seat of my car waiting for my 9-year-old daughter to complete her first day of school. I’ve got the mouse up on the console and the computer tilted on one knee over the steering wheel.

I’m jumping into answering that question by returning to school after a 10-year hiatus. I am a 42-year-old divorced mother of two children, ages 17 and nine. On our plate we have private school, college applications for my son, swim team, football, Girl Scouts, work for me and now I’m going back to school. Have I totally lost my mind?