I got laid off

[joe7f]

I think this is the only place I can post this and people will not assume I am

1.) A passive-aggressive ass
2.) In denial
3.) A little crazy

I got laid off from a good job :D

When I got back from Japan I was really starting to miss traveling again and with a coworker getting the boot I was sort of leaning toward quitting if I had to in a few months. It would let me get back to my background in engineering and of course, travel. Long term.

Every person I tell this to starts off saying "I'm sorry to hear that" and then transitions to "Oh, actually that sounds pretty good" but usually there is a touch of "poor kid" associated with it. Anyone else have something like this happen, where under most circumstances it is a disaster but for you, it rocks?

I get to go back to school, travel, and get severence/an education allowance! What is doubly great is that my graduate courses are available online. If I can take the course from my living room why not from Malaga, Heidelberg, or Tokyo? I can have it all! So I am a bit bummed to leave genuine friends behind, but I am so excited about what will happen between now and 2009. I am going to take SCUBA lessons, tackle school with new energy, do an RTW and be limited only by my appetite for sampling new things.

--Joey