Oy

Went back to work just for today after having mucho days off (one nice benefit of working for a BIG company during the day while pursuing a career of costumed-crime fighting at night )
wanting just to catch up on email.

Saw many people I did not miss, heard lots of stories about how much work there was that I did not help with, and in general made me realize what a crappy time of year this can be. I don't even celebrate The Holiday, but because the kids are out of school for a few weeks it's nice to be able to take a few days off and spend some time at home with them (for what little time they are actually at home; now that they both are 'young adults' they seem to want to go out, stretch their legs and experience the world with their friends rather than sit home with Mom and Dad watching lame-o movies)

Anyway, getting back to work; people either take their Vacation Days and pretend to be independently wealthy or they're at work because they used up all their vacation time on silly weekend romps to the Bahamas or to Disneyworld, and now they're sitting at their desk during the "Holiday" week, resenting everyone else who is out of the office.

Sorry if I had the foresight to save a little of my days of and use them at this time of year.