I hoarded my vacation time* so efficiently this year that -- combined with the vacation time given to all of the employees at my company -- I have two full weeks off for the Christmas and New Years holiday.So, what did I do with my first Monday off? Why, I ran errands, of course!
Here's a list of all I accomplished (including the fun, non-errand stuff -- hooray!):
- Cooked eggs for breakfast, and extra turkey bacon for breakfasts the rest of this week
- Deposited checks at the bank
- Allergy shot
- Lunch at the Olive Garden with my Iris
- Purchased the last of my Christmas presents
- Returned Mistborn to the library and checked out Allegiant
- Drank a peppermint and chocolate shake from Chick-fil-A
- Wrapped gifts while watching Ugly Betty
- Read Frindle
- Attended Open Mic Night Family Home Evening at my singles' ward (I did not perform)
- Grocery shopping
- Watched a lot more Ugly Betty
- Read in The Infinite Atonement
Tomorrow I have more lunch plans with some friends, and then plan to sort through a bunch of piles of papers and things, and hopefully clean my bathroom and finish season 2 of Ugly Betty (I really want to finish before Netflix axes it on January 4). Christmas Eve, I want to dust and vacuum my house and at least clean the kitchen counters before getting ready for the party that night. Oh, and I plan to exercise every day, because I can. I did a lot of walking today, and I think that should cover it. And of course I will work on memorizing my lines for Noises Off. These two weeks are going to fly by far too quickly.
I love time off! I love getting things done I don't have time for otherwise!
*My vacation time is use-it-or-lose-it, which means I have to use it by the end of the year or else it's forfeit. And darn it, I earn that time so I'm gonna use it!
1 comment:
My office has the "use it or lose it" vacation policy as well, only if you don't use up your vacation time by the end of the year, you get dinged on your year-end evaluation. I know people who take a "vacation day" but still work (sometimes even in the office and not from home), just so they can get the stuff done they need to and not get dinged at the end of the year. That's a little crazy to me.
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