I had planned on family visiting this week, and took a couple days off. However, with the rise in COVID cases and restrictions in CO with a lack of snow, the trip got cancelled. I started to cancel my vacation, but then my wife suggested we still take a break and get away.
So I’m taking a break for a few days. Coping tips still coming, but taking a few days to unwind this week.
I’m taking the rest of the week off. I get on a plane today to go spend the week on the East Coast of the US, going to see family. I’m looking forward to the trip, and I’m not worried.
This will be an interesting time, and I’m looking forward to seeing how things go, what might have changed for flying, and how I feel, emotionally, about flying.
One of the company mandates this year was to use 60% of your holiday (vacation) allowance by Sep 30. This was to prevent lots of people wanting to use time off in Q4 and many of them having to be told no because we have a business to run. When this came out, it looked like the world might open up more in Q4. Not sure that will happen, but preparation is important.
I’m taking today and tomorrow off, and that will put me at 66% of holiday for the year.
I struggle with taking time off, so I’m proud that I made it, even with a pandemic and no travel occurring.
Today is a horseback ride with my wife and daughter. Tomorrow are chores, but not too intense ones.
A couple days with my wife in the mountains is just what I need. We’ll be out of touch the next few days, just us and the dogs, doing some hiking and relaxing.
I’m trying to meet the goal of having used up 60% of my vacation by the end of Sept. I think I’ll be a day short, but I’m busy enough that it’s tough to find enough places I can get away and still manage the workload.
Part of that’s my fault, as I was delaying booking days off, thinking we might go somewhere. Finally I decided to just book time away. Thur/Fri this week and next. I’m a little jammed up Mon-Wed, but it’s worth it to not take a laptop and get away.
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