Thanks for the links. It looks like even in the best case scenario, I'm looking at a year before I make a return. I wish I'd found out about Bitcoin sooner 
Ya best to just learn more about it , maybe buy some coins if you think it's going up - Mining ain't for everyone. But then again having a miner run on your PC when you'd be on it anyway can't hurt (much)
Now that I think about, if I had 10-20-50g laying around I would buy some more houses in Florida, yes some are selling for 10-50k 3 bedrooms with pools right now, and can rent out 600-850 a month after fixing up, honestly much more profitable then mining - from a biz perspective anyway