As a recently retired teacher and occassional teacher now, I know how hard this profession is. I've always regarded quilting as my sanity saver. Carve yourself a few minutes each day to quilt and don't let anyone "steal" your time. For me, my time was from 10:00 p.m. until bedtime. At that time the kids were in bed, papers were graded and it was time for me. As I was winding down, my stitching had to be simple and easy to grab. I always did all my cutting in the summer, boxed up the cut pieces and instructions and then could just grab a box and stitch during my time each night. There were no decisions to make about what project, pattern or fabric and no cutting accidents to happen to a sleepy quilter. Oten I just stitched very simple Cuddle Quilts for our guild's community projects but it was my time to unwind and de-stress in preparation for the next very busy day.