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A few years ago I did that in reverse. I was already an LPN and had gotten fed up or burnt out, whatever. I went back to school and for about 5 years did the whole computer thing. Now I am back to nursing. I think it is a little more rewarding, but I do try to keep up with the computer stuff too. Not that easy. I want to get it where I can combine both but....*sigh* I am jut a lowly peon and no one listens to my ideas.

Crap. I know what you mean there. At the Department of Human Resources they were always telling us "You know, tomorrow you could be on the Other Side of That Desk. You're Only One Step Away From Those People." We already KNEW that.

Do they do that in nursing: "Tomorrow, you might be the person with the catheter" or "You might be taking the medicine tomorrow, not helping to manage the illness?"

Awww ~ Lil_Jo, I hope your house sells soon. That's got to be really stressful.

Wow Lil Jo, I don't blame you for being stressed out, hope you have a buyer soon.....

Hah, I'm invisible, you can't see me...(*sung to the tune of Nah, nah, nah, nah nah*)

Lil Jo your house look beautiful... it's so huge.

I know how you feel as each day ticks down and no buyer. My previous house sat on the market for 10 months and as we got closer to the closing on the new house we were in a panic. Buyers kept telling us we were too high, the roof looked old, the fixtures needed updating, the carpet looked worn, etc. just the little things that make you want to say "well, those are things you get to fix". Finally, as we got down to a month before the closing we were forced to lower the price, and throw in 6K credit to the buyer. It was the only way we could sell the house although we didn't get what we wanted we did make enough to move on. You may need to look at incentives that will draw a buyer in and make it easy for the buyer to close the deal. It's not the best solution and it puts the power of the sell into the buyer's hands but when it comes to crunch time somtimes as the seller you have to give in. I will be praying for a buyer for you.

My parents went through something like that back in the '80's. Dad wanted to retire to the mountains & they found a cabin shell on a wooded mountainside in western NC. They gradually worked on it for years finishing it out themselves (Dad knows how to do carpentry, put in electrical wiring, plumbing...he did virtually everything himself) and then packed up, moved everything to NC & sold the house in IN after he retired at 55. We didn't live in the greatest area in IN (railroad track directly behind our property), but they got enough out of it to get themselves out of debt at last. They're still tucked in that wooded hollow in the house they made for themselves to this day. smile

House talk... oh lord I can't escape it! My father is a Realtor
and he has me do small works for him here and there, such
as typing out copies of informational forms for the others in his office.

Anyways Lil-Jo, best of luck! I know just how stressful that can be
all around and I hope the right buyer comes along for you guys ^_^

Good Luck With The House, Lil Jo.
No get me a job, gorramit!