*sigh*
Tom wrote:
I still submit that if you can't find any job at all that pays at least that much in two solid years, you aren't really looking
I still submit that I hope you won't be faced with a similar situation. I can ballpark what you make in a year and I doubt you'd recognize your own life on $23,000 per year. I hope you realize that falling down on this dung heap of a livelihood is enough of an incentive to find work.
Your next contract has probably always been just around the corner. I hope it stays that way for you.