Degree or not degree that is the question.....

For the last few years I have been considering starting a French degree through the University of London external program. Now, some might call me a glutton for punishment considering I finished an evening MBA through Webster University in 2006 and that was quite a challenge considering how many hours of study that took combined with work and family commitments.
At the same time there is always something gnawing away at me because I have never studied something that satisfied me intellectually. The best elements of my Materials Science degree were the mathematical subjects outside of the core degree and the half module of French I took in the final year. I did a masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering with the goal of becoming less generalist and that helped me out of engineering and into IT so it worked. However, robotics and scheduling are not what I think about in my spare time. An MBA takes a lot of effort but the academic side of things is not the main challenge with that type of business degree.
Throughout the years I have done many language courses and sat many language exams. I have gone the furthest with French, having passed the DALF Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française and there are no more evening courses I can take at a higher level. The next step would be to do a degree in French and since it was by far my best subject even at school part of me regrets not having studied it in the first place.
On the other hand starting another degree might end up bringing a lot of extra stress into my life. Last year I definitely didn't want to start this because Aga was expecting Nadia. I will be thinking this through in the next while, the beauty of the London program is that you can take 7 years to complete if you like. That might make it easier to fit in and maybe I will find a channel to quench my thirst for learning more and especially developing my language abilities. To be continued.