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Our kids are 3 & 1 and I do understand where you are coming from, I look after them during the days and come night time it can be pretty exhausting, you just want a beer and a lie down and call it a day.
To be honest though for the most part these days the kids are nice and predictable with their sleep so I can get the scope out till maybe 2 or 3am if I want to. That said the SW hasn't been out for months but I can tell she knows Jupiter is on the rise and is getting itchy.
If I could be in bed by 9 or 10 though I'd be over the moon, I'd have more energy than I do now but for me it's just not possible.
Like Peter though I have found solar to be a great option unlike the SW it sits next to a door and is ready to go when ever, visually the sun is dynamic and since upgrading the PST to a Stage 1 the views are more dramtic than ever, well worth it in my opinion.
I also have a glass blank that I'm slowly getting all the prep done to grind into a mirror, it doesn't create any extra time for me but it gives me another project and some inspiration to plod on with so I'm not loosing any enthusiasm.
I guess you just need to find a balance and as it has been said it does get easier to manage.
If I am to be totally honest what makes things the hardest for me is my location, the weather is totally pants for 250 days a year and when it is clear there is a blanket of contrail vapour to deal with and awful LP plus not owning our property or knowing how long we will be here means I don't want to set up a more permanent obs.
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