So I'm off the week after next, which is the first week I...

So I'm off the week after next, which is the first week I've taken off since February of 2012. It's not that I haven't taken vacation days--I have, in excess, really--but those little long weekends here and there really don't help when I have so much to do around the house. Last year, I didn't take my traditional May vacation or my October vacation or even a November vacation. I took one in February, and that was it.

I... can't do that again. I need those weeks off to get major stuff done arou...