If it makes you feel any better, I work an 8am-6pm job... Monday thru Saturday with occasionally a Tuesday off and I have a 15 month old daughter that I can't be away from. But I look at it like this; if I were able to hunt whenever I wanted, the time I get to spend in the stand wouldn't be as special to me. It makes me appreciate that time and make the most out of it. It feels like freedom when I get off my 4wheeler and start that walk into the woods when it's still dark out. Keep up the posts! I'm living vicariously thru them ha. Goodluck!