EJ, I teach part-time at my alma mater, or used to, anyway -- with declining enrollment in my specialty, they haven't had work for me lately -- but I only get paid for full months. So despite the month of prep I put in before fall semester starts in August, I don't get paid till the end of September, and because spring semester starts in the middle of January, I don't get paid till the end of February, meaning I work two weeks for free. So I know how you feel. It sucks.

Life is just too damn complicated.

Candy