Hi everyone, I'm a single mom, my boys are 13 and 8 I am planning on starting school at a community college at the end of the month and I am starting to feel really scared. I am 29 years old never went to high school and got my GED right before I had my oldest son at 16. I have always had a dream to become a nurse and now that my kids are a little older I thought it was an ok time to start. I work full time right now at a chiropractic office and will have to go down to part time and I am hoping that student loans can help off set the loss of income. I am just curious to hear other people's stories and see if there are any other single moms out there that have done this and succeeded. Are nursing schools part time or only full time? I am just wondering if I will still be able to work part time at the job I have now or will I have to find something else that is at night? How hard is it to get jobs in Oregon once you have graduated? I also have a dui on my records from 5 years ago and some thing from when I was a teenager as well is that going to make it to hard for me. Any advice or hearing your stories will help me thanks!!!:)