Well I don't plan on telling her at least till after Christmas day. My wife won't be pissed for one reason alone I planned ahead of time for just such an emergency. I thought about it for awhile and telling after New Years would change the whole vibe of the house for the bad. I talked to my Union rep and he is going to see what's going on because according to our contract I should have been given a week's notice. I'm sorry to hear about this, Ares. I hate the way companies screw employees over at Christmas. I've lost a few jobs in December in the course of my life and it always sucked. Even last year, I got a layoff notice in the mail on Dec. 23. I don't know why companies do this to people.