Total Plutonic Reversal

What can I say? Life happens. They've decided to cut my program next year. I can't renew my contract.
I've known for some time that the city of Arao has been having a financial crisis. That's why they cut the program down from two people to one person in this last year(which is why I'm so busy in school; I do the job of two people). But as it happened, today, the day after I decided to stay on for another year, the Board of Education met with me to tell me they're axing the JET program in Arao due to lack of funds.

It took me about ten seconds to absorb this life altering piece of information.
Summary of emotions felt; Surprise, momentary confusion, relief, stress.
I say 'surprise' and not shock because I'm coming to accept that life is totally out of my control.
And the relief came before the stress; no more Wednesdays at elementary school. ; )
And why the stress? The sudden uncertainty of what comes next.

I searched in my briefcase and found my thinking cap. I dusted it off, put it on, and threw these thoughts onto the table:
Does that mean I have to move out of Arao in July? Answer: Most probably yes.
Does that mean I have to move back to the US in July? Not necessarily.
What are my options??? (They'll have to get back to me)

Immediately after the meeting I got on the phone to my prefectural advisor. Blast it, she wasn't available. I need to know my options. I have two weeks to decide what to do.
Here's what I think they are: the first possibility is that I move to another town within Kumamoto Prefecture(a prefecture is made up of several cities or towns, like a county). Sounds, well, not thoroughly appealing. If I have to move, I want to make it worth the tremendous effort that moving can be. What sounds more appealing is that I might have a chance to transfer to another part of Japan, and live there for a year. As you know, I was planning on staying in Arao, but as long as I can't, maybe I can get a chance to experience life in a different part of Japan!
Of course, the option still remains to return home. This is not such a terrible option either. I could do some traveling after I return, as I'd planned to anyway, and I'd certainly enjoy coming back to Boulder.
It's cliched, but they handed me a lemon and I'm going to make some sweet, refreshing lemonade--ahhh!
So, I'm just waiting on that call from my advisor. She'll give me the beef and then I'll decide what to do next.

I've been banking on the words of Albert Einstein this entire year:
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
We'll see if ol' Albert really knows what he's talking about.