Laid Off . . .

over the phone!
There was another batch of lay-offs at Cory's work yesterday. He missed a bus and showed up an hour late to work yesterday, after the usual daytime officegroup had gone. He didn't hear anything about lay-offs then, but he stumbled across something that had "lay off" under his name, putting him on his guard. Thinking quickly, he printed off a phone list, so he would have the correct name spelling of any co-workers he might use as references, and forwarded a useful e-mail to an email acount he'll have access to outside of work.
They called him on his cell-phone this morning while he was at school to officially inform him.

I'm actually pretty cheerful about this. Why? Well, let me list some ways:
he'll have more time to focus on his school work, allowing him to master important material and raise his GPA
he may have more time to rest and to spend with the family, which will make everyone happy
he might be able to catch my back a little more so I have time to do my school work (beginning Monday)
there's a job fair at school today, anyway
we'll get our income tax return soon, so as long as he gets a new job for right after he graduates, we shouldn't get into too much trouble, even if we use-up our savings and have to fall back on an emergency credit card
he'll have extra time and incentive to hunt for a really cool job (can we say rocket scientist?)