Homeschooling isn't for everyone. I didn't have a career I cared about before we had kids and my husband and I knew we wanted to homeschool before we'd ever met each other. So when we did meet, we were on the same page. Plus, my H works from home 75% of the time and can set a lot of his own hours, so I'm not entirely alone on that front. I do the bulk of it, but H helps out.

It's not easy by any stretch of the imagination, but I was miserable and depressed working and we're not at a place where I can go to grad school yet (nor do I feel like I'm up for the rigors of grad school yet - my T wants me aiming there and so maybe in a year or so I might start taking the occasional class and see how it goes).

I also live in a rural area. And I hated going to school growing up. Loved learning. Hated the classroom. I get a small bit of pleasure at tailoring his education to his learning style. Plus, I want to do some classical stuff too - we're planning Latin when he gets into the 4th grade. I <3 languages.