Not sure if this counts.
I was contracting with a US company. I went out to the US for a couple of weeks, that turned into 3 months.
I came back as they had no budget to carry on, plus my old contact didn't have any budget either so I was back in the UK looking for a new contract.
They called back a week later (on Thursday), found some budget, I was back in the US the next Monday stayed for 7 years. Just took want I could get into 3 suitcases.
Rob