By next year i actually ment this year

That's sucky, but hey, bartending is a valuable skill, and this way you can go and work at a bar populated by good people, rather than the clientale you'd be used to. So there's always a silver lining, really.

I Understand the trials and tribulations of contrct work, being a contractor myself at anytime my boss could just say "due to a downturn in clientele or jobs suiting your skills we no longer can offer you any more work". man ill dread that day. but on the bright side, ill go somewhere else where the pay is much better