Within a year?
I'm thinking it'll take me 2 years to save up for a down payment. Then again I'm looking to save around $40k and I spend like crazy (Just bought a Gibson Les Paul Studio electric guitar and a Yamaha drum set). I wish my job was as secure as yours. I'm in "sales" at the moment, so my job security is next to nothing. I had 2 good months in a row, but this month I'm not producing, so who knows how much longer I'll have a job
By the way, it sounds like you're doing something similar to what my girlfriend is doing because she works in a laboratory in a hospital and she also has all the job security you could ask for.