... Out of curiosity. What is your wife's doctorate field?
BS, MS and PhD in Family and Consumer Sciences from Texas Woman's University -where she continues to serve, for the last twelve years, as an adjunct professor.
Typical teacher. She makes me do it over and over again until I get it right. 
I enrolled last year in a Doctoral program (LLD) as a "pre-retirement" interest - I figure I may as well do something to keep the mental juices flowing as I slide slowly towards retirement. I will admit that there is a little sibling rivalry there too, my younger brother, a Chaplin in the Navy, has a Doctorate in Divinity and my younger sister has a Doctorate in fine arts.
I did my Masters some years back, but that was at least in part a scam on my part. We are required to do "compulsory professional development" training each year. I figured out that enrollment in Masters by coursework not only met the CPD requirements, it was cheaper and more effective as a tax deduction than CPD costs.
Needless to say it took me as long as the University would actually allow me to complete it, saving me thousands in CPD courses not paid for.
My wife is a school teacher, I well understand.
