If by "own my home" you mean it is paid off, then that's a significant cushion right there. If not, I'd keep the 8 month EF, perhaps some of it in the stock market, but not tied up in a retirement fund.
Emergencies are real, and you can't pay your mortgage on your credit card. No one is prepared to get laid off, and if you've never been stable before, it's still possible. You should be able to float for up to two years which looking for a new job, bad economies happen, including credit cards, cash, unemployment. It's not 6 months for all sources of money, 6 months in cash. IMO.