[paulhauggis]

Moonlighting may not be for you. I was a freelancer full time for a couple of years and situations like this happened all the time.

What happens if you need to work extra hours for your day job? The moonlighting gig will suffer and the client will most likely be breathing down your neck to get the job finished asap.

You also can't get used to the new income (IE: spending more), because it's going to be difficult to maintain these hours.