i need to admit to the world (especially to all those who think i have my life planned out on a detailed timeline with every milestone) that I have no idea what i want to do "when i grow up"...all i do know is that i want to finish this degree program (which has become a challenge at every turn) and i want to buy a house without resorting to an interest only loan and paying a minimum of $20,000 between what i qualify for and the sale price of the cheapest house i can find outside of sw washington, d.c. (which is nearly impossible). i guess if i wanted things easily within reach i wouldn't be a manigross, but damn!