Days off

This will never get old.

After working three days this week, I get five days off.

The reason for all of the days off is because I had a bunch of vacation days to use. Back in November, I had two weeks of vacation left to use. If you don't use them, you lose them. And I don't want to lose them. The first day I used was Black Friday. I took it off with the purpose of sleeping in, not shopping. I don't think I even slept in that day. With one day down and seven vacation days to go, I took the first Friday of December off. After that day, I took off every Thursday and Friday for the rest of December. That meant I only had to work a total of 12 days for the month of December.

Today is my last day of work for this week. I wouldn't have worked anyway, but the office is closed this weekend for Christmas Eve and Christmas. The management also decided to close the office on Monday to recognize Christmas. Since the office is closed on Monday, that gives me five days off. Next week's schedule will be the same with New Year's.

I'm thankful for the time off. It gives me time to relax and slow down. After the new year, my schedule will be back to normal and busy with the winter sports season.