I hope this is what "peeking" looks like!

[mlh78]

Enlightened-
I'm so sorry about you're job is (maybe) being eliminated. The funny thing is (not HaHa funny, more like interesting) is that I am in the exact same situation as you are. About 2 weeks ago, I was told that my job is being eliminated due to a reorg/budget changes. I too was very upset because I'd finally found a great boss/dept./position that I loved.

It is so frustrating that we keep getting "opportunities to learn life lessons" (we've had enough for now!) but there is a positive element to this: You are forced to focus on yourself and your future. I'd realized that I spend a lot of time/energy thinking about my H and what is happening with our situation. When I found out about my job going away, rather than worrying about my H, my mind went in the direction of "ok, what am I going to do?" "Where will I work?" "What will I look for in my next position/company?"

I'd never had to go through the "severance package" talk before and it absolutely sucked. No doubt about it. I'm sorry you're going through this. I'm trying to use this as an opportunity to take back some of the control I think I've lost since my H went off the deep end and I've been in limbo... Feels kind of good...

Good luck in your job search, if it comes to that!