This is a good policy! We do still have bereavement and jury duty as separate and there's a whole parental leave policy as well. We are also on the only 6 day observed holiday and the stretch from January to May is so so so long, lol

I have not had any PTO or vacation time for the last 8 1/2 years. I used to have a ton of time off but I'm a contractor now and if I don't work I don't get paid. I do get 40 hours of sick time a year that is a mandate from the state of Oregon. I really miss time off with pay, I haven't been on a vacation in 8 years. The last time I tried to go it was the start of Covid and they closed down Disneyland so basically we flew down and back and got soaked it rained so hard and there was no way to get out of the rain. I really do need a vacation and I really want to retire.

QOTD- Probably the air fryer. No shakes for me Optifast traumatized me to much to ever want a shake or smoothy. I gave away my Ninja. I never used it and it took up too much space. I wouldn't be interested in the Creami either I'm not that much of an ice cream fan.

I did another blood test yesterday, trying to see if my vitamin D levels are still high. I haven't seen the results yet. Next week I do a bone density scan. I just haven't been feeling good lately. I can't find anything that brings me joy, I don't think I even remember what joy is.

I'm done with politics, it may be bad coming up but hopefully it won't impact my life that much. I'm not going to move out of the country, I really can't so I'm stuc****il I can figure out something.

We are now at a flood alert for urban and small stream flooding. After a long dry summer it's to be expected. Most people are relieved that the rains have come. Fortunately I no longer live on a creek.

I gotta get some work done, I've been procrastinating and struggling with this job I'm doing. This too will finish sometime.

Have a great day everyone!

Get Rudy certified as an emotional support animal. Then they have to let him on the plane. You can do it online.

I've been here for 28 years, and I only get 20 days off. That includes sick time bereavement, any reason I am out of the office. If it was too terrible I would not still be here. Sometimes I wish I had a government job. They are off all the time.

I worked for EDS, the computer company run by Ross Perot. You got two weeks off starting the first year. You were required to take the two weeks off all together. He believed you needed the first week to get over the stress of work and the second to actually enjoy a vacation and relax. It was an additional week every five years. But the rule was one two-week vacation a year.

I see people who make their vacation really a stressful experience by doing things like working late the last day, driving for too long when tired and worrying about being late for a plane or other event. Now there are also cell phones and tablets and many people never disconnect from work for even a week. My vacations were always very flexible. When I travel with other people, I sometimes see them so stressful. Around here many people drive to Ocean City or Myrtle Beach. We all run into each other at the beach and the men often have conversations where they compete on who drove there the fastest.

It is amazing to me that someone I consider well educate, like a teacher, can be so stupid as to make a post like that. My sister worked in a bank and told me stories about teachers and their strange ideas about money. They would come in with their check and ask to cash the check and make a mortgage payment and a savings deposit. But they wanted the cash first and then count out the money for savings and the payment. They just could not comprehend that it could all be done at once.

A FEMA worker in Florida was fired for skipping homes with Trump signs. There is an old saying that common sense is not that common.

After surgery I bought a Magic Bullet and wore out three of them in the first two years. The Instant Pot is my go-to appliance now. I am old enough to remember a world before microwaves. When we got a microwave, I cooked everything in it and ruined a lot of meat dishes. It quickly became the coffee warmer.

The Instant Pot and the Air Fryer really do what we thought the microwave would do fifty some years ago. They have made cooking so much easier for the modern generation.

Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week.