Back to School!

Well, Monday marked my very first day back to school in the Aalto University Part-time MBA Program!!!! It was only three hours but I have to admit it was quite exhausting - it's been a long time since I've sat through 3 hours of intellectual conversation (no offence, Charlie!).
In my class of 37, there are only 9 women. There are only 6 of us who are not Finnish. I am the only one whose first language is English, which hopefully I can use to my advantage.
My first course is called Management Communication and is taught by Dr. Sherron Bienvenu from Emory University in the US. Most of our courses will be taught by professors who are flown in from all over the world. Of our 18 courses, I think only 3 are taught by Finnish professors. It's a very international program and that's one of the things that attracted me to it in the first place.
8 classes and then my first course will be complete. It's quite intense, so it's good that we have two weeks of class and then two weeks off before the next course begins.
Andrew has survived two nights with the kids so far and he still has a smile on his face. Charlie is really taking a liking to him, so now they are buddies.
Already starting to miss my kids with the thought of being away from them so much. Maddy and Charlie were both sleeping by the time I got home on Monday, and that made me sad. But it just means I need to take advantage of the time we do get to spend together.
I wonder if I can get the student discount anywhere....