Finally Starting College

I am 44 years of age and attending college for the first time ever in my life.
Now to give a brief history of my life. I never liked school when I was growing up and was glad when high school was over. I started working in a factory soon after I got out of high school and ended up meeting my future wife there. I have two sons and I have worked at just two different jobs in my lifetime to support my family. My wife had health problems years later and now sits at home which has left me being the only support for my family to rely on. Both my sons are pretty much grown now and one is planning on attending college this coming semester.
Throughout all these years it was not easy supporting a family on a meager income but we made it alright.
Last year ,with the economy taking a plunge, brought a change to just about every American's life in some form or another and made me think of going to college for the first time ever. All these years I had been content in working a factory job and just getting by but it hit me last year like a ton of bricks. It's like a light went off in my head saying " Hey what are you doing with your life?" I know you could say I might be going through a mid-life crisis but it's more than that. I realized for the first time I was working a dead end job and not getting anywhere.
I know what you are thinking, "what took you so long to realize this?" I really can't answer that truthfully but I do know that I need a change of scenery and more of a feeling of accomplishment in life.
I know starting college is not going to change anything over-night but it is a commitment to a willingness to be open to change in my life and that is what I need.
Next post I will be discussing my undertaking of deciding what college to attend, and what field to enter, and a mistake I almost made that no one should do.