full circle

took a chance and emailed my old boss today to see if he's got any work for me (contract stuff). turns out that yes, he desperately needs people right now. and despite the inconvenience of it (being located on the South Shore and all), it's still an ideal job and a bit more money to slap onto the credit cards. in short, i get to pick up a packet of papers, spend hours at home with my music turned up and candles burning, coding questionnaires, for 9$/hour, then repeat as needed. why didn't i do this earlier? too bad its only a few times a year...