Thanks everyone! I needed the boost. The bad news is that much of the time I spend here on PT will have to be dedicated to school, but I'm sure I'll still make time to keep up on all the "tails" going on.

Rachel, thanks for the idea about tax deductible. I had never thought of that! And I have been thinking about asking my boss for some sort of tuition reimbursement. I wouldn't expect him to pay full price - mainly because I know he never would - but even if he kicked in a couple hundred bucks I'd be happy.

Sara, it's basically the knowledge I'm looking for. I've thought about just taking various courses - like seminar type things - instead, to keep the cost down, but then I was thinking that if I'm going to do it, I might as well do it right, and have something to show for my efforts - and money spent! We get brochures here on various classes that are offered, such as learning Access basics (a database program) and Advanced Access, HTML, and such. These classes are almost $300.00 for a 2 day class, and if you put a few of them together, they start adding up dollar wise too, and I'm sure there would be much more "depth" in an actual college course. But I can see that you can see what I was talking about in my dilemma in going through with it.

And actually, the money isn't a problem, I'll just have to cut back on some other "important" things like clothes, motorhome stuff, flowers and such in the garden, digital camera stuff, eating out.....you know, all the necessities in life. The only "money" issue is me being tight, but if I think about it, the money would be much better spent on an education than on clothes, motorhome stuff...... And besides, why would I be tight when it comes to education when I'm not tight when it comes to just about anything else? Sometimes I really wonder about my reasoning.

Anyway, I'm feeling much better about it all today, and you all helped make the final decision. I'm doing it!