I'm an European and the US economy is holding some of my money hostage :-) I have $8000 that I got from selling some stock options of mine. I let it remain in

I'm an European and the US economy is holding some of my money hostage :-) I have $8000 that I got from selling some stock options of mine. I let it remain in the US for a couple of months because I needed to get some information from my bank and never had the time to call them... When the dollar started sinking, I decided to wait because the dollar has its ups and downs. BAD DECISION! Now I will lose 1/6 of the money when I transfer it to my local currency.