Some words of encouragement would be great ;)

Im sure there's about 20 other posts along the same lines as this, but I will repeat the trend. I currently work in LTC as a dietary aide. I absolutely love it, despite it's bad days. I have also worked in patient care in the ED/OP/ICU, though it was mostly coding, asking PTS questions regarding demographics, etc. Anyway, I love the field and I really want to be an RN, but all the schools in Denver have rediculous waiting lists/pre reqs/etc. I wanna get the ball rolling though, so I was accepted into Concorde's LPN program. Their tuition is pretty ridiculous, but I can make monthly payments, and at least start somewhere. I need some advice though, all the nurses at my work are giving me mixed advice. "Just go for RN, its so much smarter financially, I wish I did." "Start with LPN, see if you want to pursue RN, work and do school at night or weekends." "There are no LPN Jobs." and so on and so forth, but I feel like right now my only option is LPN, or waiting at least a year for RN.
Can I get some other advice?

Thanks!