Hey all. Great forum here with good info. I had a good time reading a lot of the stickies.

I'm 27 going on 28 with only one year of college under my belt. I have an established career in computer network engineering that I've worked in for the past seven years or so. I make around 60k and my wife of two years has grown pretty used to this.

For the past year, however, I've become unsatisifed with my career. I don't like the work or the pay and would enjoy a change.

I've always been fascinated and impressed with the medical field. I'm a very analytical person... very in to science and "how stuff works" and why things are the way they are. I entered the computer field for this reason.

Now, my searching has drawn me to the nursing and CRNA field, because it's in medicine - which I find extremely intersting, and because it's pay is potentially enough to make the career change worth-wile.

I've been doing quite a bit of research, and it looks like I could spend two years to become an RN. Work for a year, then spend another four years or so to possibly become a CRNA.

As you might guess, my wife thinks I'm crazy. She thinks I'm too old to do something like that, and it scares her. I don't understand this though. It's not like we have kids or any huge obligations... We have a mortgage I suppose, but that's about it.

I believe that as long as I had the potential to reach the CRNA level at some point that I would be happy along the entire route. The subject intersests me and I would be proud to reach each milestone.

Has anyone else ran in to a challenge like this? Do you think 27 is too late to start the education? It's very depressing to think that I can't make changes in my life anymore. Would love some thoughts.

Thanks a lot