This is day one of my week of paid vacation. I do not know how to best express the awesomosity of this advent with simple letters and punctuation. You see this is only my second-ever paid vacation, and the first one was spent worrying I was going to lose my job.* This is, in essence, the first truly relaxing, paid vacation I have ever taken in my life.
Before this I waited tables, where there were no paid vacations. I wasn’t even able to afford to sit out more than four days at a time back then. And those four days to fly to LA or NY were certainly not compensated.
Paid to not work. This is a glorious thing. I hope to never take it for granted.
It may be cold and wet and gloomy outside, but never has a Monday been so magnificent.
*Long story. Some Nashville bloggers probably remember what I mean.
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Enjoy it (and don’t fret about technical glitches with aggrevators, etc.). I wish you were on a beach somewhere, though… you deserve it!
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I am so envious - what a wonderful day it would be to be on vacation. It’s gloomy, wet and yucky westward today as well. Total nap day - snooze an extra for me since I have to work, will ya?
Happy vacationing, you deserve the break!
We were just granted our first paid vacations for this fiscal year, oddly to be 2 weeks at Christmas. I’ve never had a paid vacation, and I’m already plotting in my head the level of slothness that will be happening. Of course, by day 4 I’ll be itching to get back to work and will end up working over paid vacation.
They know this too. Bastards.
Maybe next week you can give advice on what one does with 5 days of nothing. I’ve got some ideas.
Paid vacations are indeed very nice. Here’s to never taking them for granted! :)
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