looking forward...

finally, matutuloy na rin ang bakasyon namin!

with the all the things that have been happening at work, it looked like there was no opportunity for me to take a vacation. so what's the use of those 18 days of vacation leave available? in my work, if you don't use it, you lose it. it can't be accrued for the following year, nor can it be encashed.

to explain my rant further, sometime mid this year, my boss resigned, in the middle of proposal preparations for the government's health plan!! i was planning to take a couple of week then (before i found out she was quitting) so we can spend time with family in the states, and also take advantage of the airline promos during that time. anyway, with my boss gone, i was the most senior member of the staff. also, from a head count of 4, we were down to 2, because the other person in the department decided to move to a different department.

so hectic june and july happened with me and my co-worker working tirelessly to finish deadlines that were for 4 people. (i imagine she racked up a lot of overtime hours, as for me, i racked up a lot of headaches, no over time for me =<)

august looked promising. we just finished negotiations with the government and it might be great to have a breather. then island boy tells me that the church will have a golf tournament fund raiser on august 26, of all dates, his birthday! so in short, we can't go because he'll be preparing for that event. but i sure was saddened because my whole family (save for us) was in chicago at that time to see my new niece, jadyn. well it's fine. there's still september right? and september looks like a free month for me, work-wise at least.

mid to late august, our pastor was appointed monsignor! the mass was going to be in september. and of course, hubby had to be there and he also had to help prepare.

btw, the golf tournament was postponed (what the...?)... and finally happened on september 23. so long stor short, august and september happened, and i still have full leave. islandbaby got sick, instead of using personal leave i just used my vacation leave for 2 days.

so here i am with 16 more days left. i've accepted the fact that i might just get my leave one day for every week, so maybe have long weekends of something.

you see october and november will be hectic for me as we will be having a number of projects for those months.

then a couple of weeks back, there was a promo for deferred payment using our credit card if we book thru a certain travel agency. then the week after that promo went out, the airline came out with promo fares to the states!

i had to ask permission from the ceo (i'm reporting directly to her now). island boy asked the pastor (well, technically he hasn't said yes, but he did not say no either). last saturday, we booked out flight and we're off to take two weeks vacation. yehey!

now the problem is how to we split the two weeks among all the people who want to see us. relatives in san diego, a have a good friend in l.a., my sister in bakersfield, my aunt in las vegas, and my brother in chicago. we definitely won't have time for canada. maybe next year.

anyway, i'm excited. finally a family vacation for this year. so looking forward to november...