Taking Time

Something I’ve always been bad about is taking proper holidays from work. Admittedly, when I’ve been contracting, taking leave also costs money (not working equalling not getting paid) and you do kind of get into the habit of not taking proper holidays and so on.

At the moment I’m in a permanent role, and as such, have a holiday allocation which I’m supposed to take. I’d done OK, I had a week off in August (when I ended up working two of the five days) and some others, but overall I’ve ended up working on leave days, and getting them credited back and so on, so up to this morning I still had 8 days remaining to take by the end of the year.

I’ve got them all booked now, including an epic twelve days (for five days of actual leave) over the Festering Season, which is pretty unprecedented. On current evidence, I finish at the end of Thursday 20th December, and go back on Wednesday 2nd January 2013.

I’ve no idea what I’m going to do with the time away, but regardless, at least I won’t be working. (Well, knowing me I will be, but on non-work stuff, if that makes sense)