:wink2: Like they said you need to know where you want to end up. If it is cheaper to go RN then do it!! You have to make sacrifices if you want the career. When I started college my 2 youngest children were 1 year and and my oldest was entering kindergarden. It WAS hard my mom was gone, my dad don't do 'sitting' and his parents are 8 hrs away!! It is very rewarding now though even if we did have to give up alot. In the same note though I want to go on for my RN now and still work as an LPN but now the twins are in school. Good Luck in which ever you decide it is a long haul no matter what Linda