Far Too Much Enthusiasm!

So school started this week - wow, am I a geek. Keener. Brain. Freak. I have 2 classes this term, that's all I need to complete before I begin my thesis. I've got a Friday class on 3 theologians (Augustine, Aquinas, Lonergan) understanding their different views on similar aspects (God in natural revelation, psychological analogy of the trinity, that sort of thing). My other class runs every other Saturday for 4 hours - it's title is Social Ethics and Christian Responsibilities, but more accurately it seems to be the Catholic Response to ethical issues - VERY interesting. Today we did some basic learning on Aquinas, and debated how desires can lead to natural and artificial goods, depending on what the impact is on personal dignity (an over-simplification, but good enough) in the modern context. I managed to bring up camping in one example, whereby the natural good is the desire to be closer to God through nature, but the vehicle (my fancy canoe) could be an artificial good for some... the basis of which is in what the canoe means to me - as a safe and efficient piece of equipment, it's a natural good; as a status symbol it's an artificial good. So, my brain was racing the entire day with other ways (what if two natural goods, both based in dignity, are conflicting with each other? I want a safe vehicle to transport my stuff [such as said canoe] so I have a mini SUV... but I want to be ecologically responsible, which means rejecting the SUV... what's the Thomastic balance? I'm still pondering). So, lots of enthusiasm about homework, and study, and getting right into the depths of an academic environment again. The thoughts that keep me up at night!! Sigh...