No, this year was my 5th in the company and a perk of staying for 5 years (average life span was 1.5 years when I started) was a 3 week sabatical you had to use that year and you had to use all 3 weeks at once, plus you can add a week which I did. Our new overlords are likely removing that perk at the end of the year so I'm glad I got my approval and getting my time off. They only let us carry over 5 days and I get 17 days overall (not including the sabatical) plus we got 4 summer fridays to take off, the friday after thanksgiving, and the week between Christmas and New Years. I still have 14 vacation days to use this year since my early summer vacation didn't pan out. It's a very nice year for me for PTO.
September is looking like this for me:
Thursday August 29th - LAST DAY OF WORK
30th - Slipknot, Volbeat, Gojira, Behemoth @ PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel NJ
31 - penn state game at noon
1 - The Who @ Madison Square Garden, New York City NY
2 - Day home
3 - Day home
4 - Fly to Atlanta, ProgPower Day 1
5 - ATL, Progpower day 2
6 - ATL, Progpower day 3
7 - ATL, Progpower day 4, Penn state game at 7:30pm
8 - Fly home from Atlanta, Giants at Cowboys 4:25pm, UB40 @ PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel NJ
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14th - Kamelot @ Playstation Theater NY, penn state game at noon vs pitt
15th - Babymetal & Avatar @ Terminal 5, New York City NY, Giants at Bill 1pm
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20th - Delain, Amorphis, & Anneke Van Giersbergen @ Gramercy Theater, New York City NY
21 - Fly to Vegas 5:30pm
22 - Las Vegas Day - Giants at Bucks 4pm (1pm there)
23 - Aerosmith @ Park Theater, Las Vegas NV
24 - Drive to Death Valley - Day in Death Valley Stay in Beatty AIRBNB
25 - Morning in Death Valley - Drive back to Vegas Stay at Venetian
26 - Fly home from Vegas 4:00pm
27 - Friday night football BBQ at home with friends - penn state at maryland
28 - Day home
29 - Day home, Redskins at Giants 1pm
Monday September 30 - BACK TO WORK
I've got two gaps to fill with plans still, I really want to go to the Caribbean and it's totally doable moneywise but I'm worried about hurricanes which ruined my Key Largo trip last summer.