Sounds like its more of the time to do it. There are only so many hours in a day, week, etc. Don't use up all your family time. Kids will be grown up and out of the house (with a little luck, LOL) before you know it. How long till done with service? Maybe get that done first.
Yep, My late father in law had THREE Doctorates. And he could not pound in a nail without book telling him how. We DID NOT get along. I can do/build /fix anything. No books needed.
See that's where I've been told I have an advantage, my dad is an engineer, and my grandfather is a farmer, so I grew up being taught not only hands on stuff like welding, building etc, but the math and science side of things as well.
If I go back, I'm looking at a MBA in business finance. Current unemployment rate of 1.86 percent nationwide and .67 percent in my state. Averaging starting salary of 96,250 in my state with an outlier of 236,000 and a low of 72,000