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I've had several non-traditional students over the last few years. They are usually the best ones to have because they are there for a specific purpose, not because it is expected of them.
One caveat: to get the most out of your experience, realize that, although a degree will most likely get you a better job, that's not the sole purpose of an education, nor was it ever intended to be. To make it past the trudgery, enjoy the act of learning and experiencing new methods and modes of inquiry.
If you do that, I think you'll find your experience rewarding far beyond the financial and professional gains.
Congratulations.
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"When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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