Just to keep you enthusiastic about collimation - these scopes can be fantastic. (One of) the best I've seen thus far is from Chris Gomez:
https://www.astrobin.com/users/cgome004/
Stunning images and great processing. All done with very modest equipment. I don't think he has kids... :-)
If I ever get frustrated with my system, I browse through his astrobin page for inspiration.