ditto...
Well.. Mostly...
I get paid 52 weeks per year.. started that in 2010...

My parent handbook states that I will take 2 --- 1 week vacations per year...
One in the spring/summer...and one in December.....
The thing is.. I haven't ever actually done that..

In 2010 I closed down for a full 1 week.. Monday - Friday...
My husband's 50th birthday.. we went on a 7 day cruise...
I didn't close the rest of that year...

In 2011... we took a Wed - Sun trip to Mexico. I had my assistant run the daycare Wednesday.. so daycare was only CLOSED Thursday and Friday...
That was the only vacation time I took that year...

This year we took two trips to Mexico...
The first one was Thursday - Sunday.. so I closed the daycare Thursday and Friday... 2 vacation days...
a few weeks later we went back for a Wed. - Sun trip..... so daycare was closed those 3 days...
All total... 5 days of vacation time...

I am now struggling with what I will do this Christmas...
My PARENT HANDBOOK states that my daycare will be closed December 24,25 and 26....well..that is Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this year...
do I open daycare Thursday and Friday????
My handbook states that daycare is closed New Year's Eve...and New Years Day...
That is Monday and Tuesday of the following week..
Do I close the daycare the entire week plus Monday and Tuesday of the next week?
Or... do I open Thursday and Friday..
OR... do I give them back the 26th and be open Wed, Thurs and Fri... with two 4 day weekends?
I haven't decided yet...

On the one hand... I hate to inconvenience my clients... I know they depend on me for child care...and I take that very seriously....
Also...I don't like 'stay cations'....
BUT..on the other hand...
How often does the calendar fall like this?
I will actually only be using 2 vacation days..if I just close down the entire week between Christmas and New Year... so.. I will probably just take it...and... enjoy..

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