Good Luck man...it ain't as bad as you expect.
I myself will be returning to the skies as soon as I get a new job and clear up a few pesky bills. Maybe I'll take a cross-country down thataway sometime. Only instead of M.E., I'm thinking of going for rotorcraft...just for kicks. That and my instrument ticket. Commercial I don't really need.
I hope you get in with Continental. It ain't bad to be paid for doing what you love anyway!
Brian