No I'm not PG! But the thread sounds like it! 
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So this is kind of a vent/happy thread, I just need to share with some people who know what it's like to go back to school. But this time it's not me... it's DH.
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Long story short, I graduated with my M.Ed. in 2009. There were no teaching jobs where we lived, so I applied across the country and we wound up in semi-rural Alaska. Which was really tough on my DH, whose career was a high-end cook/chef. Yeah, not so many high-class restaurants in a town of 5,000 in Alaska.
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So DH did the SAH thing, which was great, and was supportive of me during my first year of teaching. But also he really withdrew, got semi-depressed, and in general, this whole thing has been really rough on him - rough on the whole family. And I've been searching for a way to get us out of where we live - I was applying everywhere and going nuts to think where the best place to move is!
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Well, less than a week ago, I had a blow up at DH. Just felt like, I do so much for this family, breadwinner, work 12+ hours a day, also applying to jobs, which takes time, and he's over there playing video games on the computer. (BTW, totally symptomatic of his withdrawn depression here, not like he's a loser, he's just been... lost). But anyway, I'd had it. Too much work for me and not enough for him and I was so stressed and it wasn't fair of me to blow up but anyway...
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The fight actually culminated in a deep conversation about goals. Not that I want him to have MY goals, but I want him to have ANY goals. I asked him what he wanted to do (he's been mulling a career change since we got here) and his response started "Well, if you get a job here, I could do xyz..." and I just about blew a gasket. "If you get a job here..." NO NO NO! WHAT DO YOU WANT? Independent of my personal goals? WHAT?
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He sat and thought for a long time. When he came back he said, "I think it would be best if I went back to school to be an elementary school teacher." He listed all the benefits he thought the family would have, with both of us having summers off and being able to move and get jobs together, etc. And he's really good with little kids - he's been a sub at my high school and while he's good with those kids too, ITA with him that elementary is perfect!
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So I'm like... HALLELUJIAH! My DH is back! He has goals! He has aspirations! He has a plan! He fillled out the FAFSA! He applied to UAA in Anchorage! I could cry, I'm so glad he's doing this for himself! I am so excited to support him anyway I can!
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If you read this far, thanks for listening. I just had to share with internet semi-strangers. 
Can't tell any of my local people b/c work politics.
