Wow. Great, great wisdom there, zew. Cannot thank you enough for chiming in.

I've recently started thinking that maybe I'm so gung-ho about this homeschooling thing not necessarily because I love it soooo much ... but because maybe it's the one thing I do at home - in, as you said, my "shrunk" universe - that makes me feel accomplished.

But maybe getting back out there would give me a different perspective.

Your sitch sounds so familiar. Sigh. Hugs to you ...

But thank you for this; it gives me GREAT stuff to chew on.

M: 40 H: 44
Married 14 years
S11 & D6; D20 & D19 from previous M
2BDs/PAs, 8 years apart
Piecing: April 2014