A agree, take the 2 month vacation and try to find something higher paying. If you find something, just email them saying you are sorry but due to personal reasons you can not return. They probably won't be happy about it, but at that time you would have another job so it won't be like they can keep you from finding something.

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What difference does it make to the dead whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or democracy?
-Gandhi
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