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A variety of things triggered my return.  To begin with, I was frustrated with working jobs where no one cared if I was smart or well read or even if I had ideas.  I was bored and I wanted to be challenged. I had aternated between serving and working in a cubicle and both were equally bad, but the cubicle job was what realy inspired me to think about school because it was unfulfilling and frustrating.  I was pretty scared about going back because I was worried that I wouldn't be able to keep up on my bills and still get decent grades.  Then, my best friend decided to go to graduate school after she was unable to find a job in her field.  She had to make a lot of sacrifices to do it, and it definitely didn't look easy, but she did it.  Seeing her do something I was so afraid of made me think that I should look into school.  So, I filled out a fafsa, started at the community college and just kind of became more and more committed as I went along, until I ended up at Bryn Mawr.  While it's alway been kind of odd to be an adult full time student, one of the most amazing "side effects' was that my partner at the time I started school dumped me, and I had to move out of our apartment and back into my parents' house.  I ended up getting hired at a restaurant near the house that same day, and that is where I met my current partner, who is wonderfully supportive and awesome.  I also got to meet so many new people who I never would have met otherwise.