1500 hrs of having fun in a nice environment cant be too much like hell...then you can jump in a nice shiny plane and be bored like everyone else! [tongue in cheek!!]
Seems the way, I'd be quite happy Instructing for the rest of my life so long as I can pay my bills. But my life long dream has always been to be a pilot of a heavy jet be it airline or cargo.
Live to work
or Work to live? ... 2 years in the U.S. sounds like good life experience to me if nothing else, if I land a full time pilot job (Instructor/Taxi/TP/Jet) when I get back to the UK all the better.