Too each their own - has anyone who's been in for more than a decade really ever taken real leave. A week or two doesn't really do it, listen to all the airline types talk about 6 - 8 weeks off and what is does for their psyche. I took 68 days, grew a full beard (wife thought I was someone else), and drove the family across country stopping at every tourist trap I could find and it was one of the most rewarding times of my life. The day terminal ended, I shaved the beard (wife said I looked 12 years old). Signed up for unemployment and swore into the reserves. Now 6 years later I'm going to finally get 6 weeks off again next summer and can't wait for the detune process - no watch, no check-ins, just hanging with the family and veggin' out. To me the best thing about terminal is you get to feel like a trust fund kid, no work and every two weeks a ton of cash is dropped into the account to keep the party rolling - what a way to live. Sounds like both the selling and taking options have merit to me - hope it all works out.