Last vacation of 2005 - day one

I drove joi_division into work this morning. Once again, I find myself with time off and no plans for what to do. This time around, I have the whole of this week off – Thursday was a given, as it is Thanksgiving Day, but Monday through Wednesday and the Friday following the holiday were my vacation days. These five days in a row fulfilled the requirement at my place employment that I take at least one full week of vacation time a year. Unlike many European nations, you don't get to save up your vacation time and use it at your leisure. In the United States, you get two measly weeks which you shoved somewhere into the year regardless of whether or not you can figure out what to do with them.

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