Travelers- advice please!

I'd have to "put the brakes" on your plans a bit here. Any reputable agency will not take you as a traveler with less than a minimum of 1 year IN THE ROLE you will be filling - this means RN. In this case the LPN years do not count (sorry - I came up that route also). Many hospitals are requiring more experience than that - many 2 years, my current contract was looking for someone with 5+ years of experience in the specialty. In today's job climate they can get this.
Since you have a position lined up, I'd advise spending the time getting experience as an RN, getting as many extra certifications and continuing ed hours as you can, socking away an emergency fund of several months (minimum) expenses (the travel market is very uneven now) and consider looking at traveling in September of NEXT year.
It's really not that long - you'll be amazed how fast the time goes.