@sozobe,
Yeah, it's a little bit sucky.
And, no, I don't know any other at-home mom-types folks. I think I should try. Although, at least for now, I am envisioning a pretty full day for myself: wrap up chores in the AM after dropping M off, homework (which I have a TON of) and then school. I'm going to make fuller use of resources at school as well (libraries & such). Maybe get in some gym-time in between. Also, M's daycare/preschool requires 5 hours each quarter of volunteer time - so far I've been stuck with the crummy projects because I could ony do after work hours. Now, I could be a lot more involved with her school.
I don't know. I guess it'll evolve.