Restarting Life Where You Left Off 

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and support.  I took some time off to heal some physically and think.  Time away from email and internet, freelance work, etc.  I contacted an organization that will help people with disabilities, life-changing illness find a job or go back to school on terms they can manage.  I think I'm going for the school option.  Distance education at first.  More later!

Yes you can do whatever you want. 

 I have worked in the world of mucking stalls and cleaning paddocks. Lifting 60 # bales of hay when I only weighed 105. Picking up muck tubs of manure and shavings that can weigh the same to be put in the manure spreader. Hooking up farm equipment to the tractor.
 
If I wanted a job I had to be able to do the work neater faster and more economically than the guys. So I learned how to do the job my way so I wouldn't get hurt. My bosses were amazed that a woman so small could get the job done better and cheaper than the men they hired. Then they would let two guys go and think they could keep me to do the job of two men. I worked myself out of a job.

Be inventive and find your way to do what you want to do. As long as it works for you it's the right way to get where you want to be. Find your will power and determination and you  can do anything you really want to do.

It's not impossible! 
I'll be 41 in 12 days, I work full time, I'm raising a teen aged boy, I too have RA and FM, I've asked my husband for a divorce, and I'm finishing college online. It may seem like alot to handle but everything I'm doing is for me and it's about time I did! Not to mention this is a valuable teaching tool I can use on my son.
I know what your going through and with the RA and FM being soooo unpredictable. There have been times that I thought I would go insane! But then I remember I'm doing what I want. 
So start, start with what you love to do! Take an online course on what you love - maybe Art History or Effective Writing - once you get started they'll be no stopping you!

you can do this and you should.  there are just plenty of colleges that offer flex programs now.  look at it this way...in four years (or less), you're going to be four years older.....with or without a brand new, shiny degree.  so....don't wait.  start now.

I understand living with a health condition...I do not have fibro, but I do have neuropothy....But, there is nothing you can't accomplish...You are still young....Go for it, and like angie said, start small....
Good luck in what ever you do sweetie!
Terri

You go, Girl!  If you are still breathing, there is nothing you can't do!  Yes, you have a lot to work around, but does everything need to get done tomorrow, next week, next year?  Start with small goals that will eventually lead to your ultimate goals.  I, too, have fibro...was contemplating whether I could continue working or not, then he had an affair and left.  Now I have to work.  BUT  I am considering other avenues...my sis and I are going to start our own business and we have  3 YEAR  plan.  Nothing has to be done overnight!  Hang in there and start small.  You'll be everything you've wanted to be!