Kenny Senior you are my Doppelgänger! (except I have 2 kids, 1 dog & a cat).
Shift work certainly makes life harder + my wife is a teacher who comes home struggles with the kids then is up until 11+ every night working. We rarely see each other & I now struggle to find time for true recreational riding.
I love my kids but think they’re both mental with an inability to talk at normal volumes. I like tidiness but feel like I’ve descended into some kind of plastic hell. I used to own a nice Porsche, motorhome, motorbikes, and have a 6 week tour of Alpine riding spots EVERY year, but now run a (albeit mint) 16 year old Volvo estate car, own a tent and usually get to ride to work and back only.
Hey ho, dems da breaks!