We're lucky to be here out on the west coast with all this amazing geology. The cinder cones out in the Mojave always trip me out when I drive by them. Looking at google maps at the lava flows all over the place is cool too. Maybe in another life I would have been a geologist.
Enjoy your schooling!
I mean, it's never too late to start- there's several middle aged people in my program at school, and one guy in his 70s.