cop out or a good opportunity?

so, there have been many layoffs at work and us office girls were being targeted next. they were going to lay off the last girl hired on, who is a 60 something y/o widow and not that great with computer skills. she's just for starters, my boss ran the m/e numbers and they were down like 35-40%. i have worked for a land surverying/civil engineering company for 6 years now, through the decline in the housing market we have been affected directly. i might also mention the owner is past retirement age. well, i voulunteerd to take the lay off rather than canning the other girl. the owner has agreed to pay for my health insurance for the next 6 months, if not the next year. i figure this is a good opportunity for me to de-stress from work (i work with someone that gets me so upset i shake at work) and the everyday stress of "am i even going to havea job tomorrow?" and also the long commute i have, which i drive 250/week just to get to and from work. and with me not knowing what is going on with my guts, and if i do go in for surgery (my gi once again said it's inevitable), i won't have the stress of work to haunt me and really give me time to recoup. so, none of you know me, i will take all criticism! am i being a baby about my crohn's? if you were given the opportunity would you take it?

gee, i wonder why i went to bed at 11pm with 2 trazodone but woke up at 3am!? besides a massive life transition, add some pains, wake up in a panic from a lucid dream ...i have lovely prednisone. thank you prednisone for once again waking me up at this god awful hour!

Hi I know the pred. got me up at 3 too. I guess now you will be able to sleep when you feel like it. Hope you enjoy your rest .CD can be a job to handle in itself so don't feel like a break isn't deserved at times. So what are your plans for your time off? lol gail

thanks for the encouraging replies! it means a lot to me :) i am looking forward to studying more about my disease and whatever may become of it. i am also going to take some computer classes to sharpen up my skills. try and get a good diet and exercise plan in order. maybe get a small part time job. in massachusetts you can earn something like $400 a month and not have it affect your unemployment benefits. looking forward to starting a new job in the new year closer to home. i'm feeling pretty positive about the whole thing :)

I need to be careful what I wish for here cause I have a great boss and a great job.  However, having said that, I would jump at the opportunity to be where you are now (with the exception of another surgery).  Sounds like a positive change waiting to happen to me too!  Go for it!

Just like our disease does not define who we are neiver does our job. It is just a job and there will be others. You are not a loser for trying to take care of your self.

I've been a stay-at-homer for most of my 31 year marriage, mostly because I haven't felt well enough to work 2 jobs (keeping a home IS work!). 18 years of it was the stay-at-home mom job, which is more accepted today than when I was younger it seems. I was really ridiculed by friends and extended family because I didn't have a job, which made me feel like a wimp. But I knew every time I worked, I would get increasingly more exhausted and sick, but I didn't know what I had was CD back then. My husband has always been fine with me being at home, though, but I feel terribly guilty all the same.

Anyway, the point is that we all have different levels of illness and energy with CD and many of us just can't function at the level society demands of us. I admire those of you who are able to hold a job because I know how hard it is.

It sounds like a great opportunity for you. You aren't being a baby at all.

thanks again for all your responses :) it's good to hear from people who can relate ...that is for sure!!!!

gosh i can't believe this is all going down next week! eeep!

THANK YOU for thinking i am not a wimp :D

susan - no doubt! her manager was supposed to give her a months notice 2 weeks ago and he never even told her! she would have been completely crushed :/ i do have great office skills in accounting and i know i can find a job a lot easier when the time comes :)

thanks malakai! i am going to make the most of my time :)