Word is out - we're closed between Christmas and the 5th of Jan

Paid time off is something to be savored. Like good wine. You don't get it often, so when you do you make sure you sip slowly, and enjoy it.

Yesterday our Big Boss told us all that the office is closing between Christmas the 5th of January. Now most of you will be scratching your heads and saying to yourselves (under your breath), "But we ALL get that off," but honestly, you are wrong. Not ALL of us get that time off usually. We were going to be open, pandering to the needs and desires and scruples of our pay check payers. And I had not put in for leave. So, like a dedicated saltminer, I was going to trot into work each day (except for Christmas, the 26th, the 1st, and the 2nd). Instead, I shall be lapping up the lasciviousness of sleeping in late.

Then came the cherry on top. Two weeks pay as a Christmas bonus. What? Seriously? Yes! Well, okay, not for me for I am but a mere peasant who has only been slogging at the walls of the saltmine for just six months, so I get a week's extra pay. But for this, I rejoice. Extra spending dosh. What shall I do with it?

Perhaps buy a flaying airline?

Or maybe an automobile from GM. Oh, wait, no. Not such a good idea.

How about spending it all on a lobster dinner?

Decisions. Too many.

But I definitely know what I shall be doing with my paid time off. Catching up on lots and lots of much-needed sleep.