I Need Advice

Okay.
So here's the deal.I can't find a job.

My qualifications suck because I wasn't at the casino long enough. (Only a year.) That means I only just very barely qualify for the salary I'd need to cover working expenses and child care. If I were ever even offered a job in the first place....(Of course, I could probably get an entry level job, but those only pay $9-10/hour and that won't work.)

I've been really down in the dumps about it lately and trying to figure out all my options. While doing research on a few ideas, I came across a program. It's a master's in nursing for people who already have an undergraduate degree in something else. It's 22 months long and I'd be able to take the RN exam after the first 16 months.

At first it sounds really great. But there's a catch.

I need to go back to work because we need money. If I go back to school now, we'd likely completely deplete our nest egg or come very close to it anyway. But I'd be making almost (if not) double what I can make now. There's also the issue of the condo. Once we do actually sale the damn thing we'll net between 90-100k.

Now we do have some debt to pay off, but we'd be able to put most back into the nest egg.And, as John pointed out, if I were making that kind of money, we'd have money to put back in every month, plus a little slush.

I'm just scared to do it. We've always been of the mind that we do not touch that money. (Well. Okay. We've been that way since we blew over half in college and right after.)


I need advice. What would you do?


Gina