On Vacation….

So with the National Shove Bread Up A Turkey’s Ass Day coming up, my employer traditionally blacks out most of November and December, so we can’t take vacations (on the contrary, when I was at Home Depot, this was our slow season, so I routinely took it during Christmas). So I decided to take a couple of days while I still could. Last night was the first, and I will take Wednesday night off as well.

So I got home yesterday and had my Target run delivered. Between that and the contents of my pantry, I don’t need to go to the store for the week. And I just finished my laundry. So, day 1 of my 4 day vacation, and all of my adulting is done already. I guess it’ll just be ass-sitting for the rest of the week. Though I am contemplating an excursion tomorrow.

So this past Friday night, I got up to go to work, and I had a headache. Not normally a problem. Took a couple of Day-Quil (I’m also dealing with the after-effects of a serious head cold) to tough it out, and power through it on my way to work. Then 20 minutes later while I was putting on my shoes, it came back up. So I called out. It’s not the barfing at work that’s problem, as I’m usually within arm’s reach of a mop. Rather it’s barfing on the bus that’s the problem. My experience on Pierce Transit has been that if a passenger gets sick on the bus, they’ll take the bus immediately out of service, and everybody is delayed at least an hour. Then the driver will call EMS and I’ll end up with a 4+ figure bill from inevitable trip to the ER. So, I called out, and had some tea and top ramen.

And why does it always rain the hardest when I’m on vacation?