Happy first workday of the New Year to Melancholy!

[Calavera]

I hope you get a big raise and a promotion this year! Maybe even an office with a window! I hope your first day of work in the New Year is a great one. Who knows maybe they'll even throw you guys a pizza party!

[melancholy]

Blah, I’m just counting the days until my 2 week vacation that starts on Thursday.

[Calavera]

Blah, I’m just counting the days until my 2 week vacation that starts on Thursday.

You going anywhere or are you doing a "staycation" and just relax and enjoy your time off at home?

[melancholy]

Blah, I’m just counting the days until my 2 week vacation that starts on Thursday.

You going anywhere or are you doing a "staycation" and just relax and enjoy your time off at home?

When we were both retail workers, me and my wife decades ago started a tradition where we would take the second week of January off every year to recover from the stress of holiday retail. It used to snow in Indiana then, so we would just stay home, throw open the front window curtains, and watch the snow fall as we blissfully laughed at anyone that had to go out to work in that weather. Sure it was only a week and then it was back us being those people we laughed at, but it was incredibly stress-relieving to live without care for a while. It’s a tradition we still keep.

[2dr]

Sounds like Groundhog Day. Every January repeats like those before it.

[Calavera]

When we were both retail workers, me and my wife decades ago started a tradition where we would take the second week of January off every year to recover from the stress of holiday retail. It used to snow in Indiana then, so we would just stay home, throw open the front window curtains, and watch the snow fall as we blissfully laughed at anyone that had to go out to work in that weather. Sure it was only a week and then it was back us being those people we laughed at, but it was incredibly stress-relieving to live without care for a while. It’s a tradition we still keep.

That sounds like a good time to me. I'd rather just stay home and relax too unless there was somewhere I just really really wanted to go. It seems some people go places on vacation just to go somewhere. A place it seems lots of people around here tend to go is Gatlinburg,TN. I've been twice, both times because my GF at the time wanted to go and I really just don't see the appeal of it. Places like that are all the same. The same crappy touristy shops and tourist trap locations. Everything is absurdly expensive. When I was in Gatlinburg it was something insane like $30 PER PERSON just to ride the fucking ski lift! Then the fact that places like that are loaded with kids. I know you have kids nothing against that just when I'm on vacation I'd rather not have to deal with strangers screaming bratty kids everywhere I go!

The craziest is when I went to Bilouxi,MS. It is a casino town, if you are going there then there is a 99 percent chance you are going to gamble. Despite this there was still kids! To get to the hotel you had to walk through the casino floor. So there were people with there kids walking through the damn casino! They were only allowed to walk straight through no wondering around but still I thought that was a little ridiculous. Especially since if you are staying at the casino hotel you are definitely there to gamble. Why even bring the kids with you? What fun would that be for them? They will be stuck in the hotel room all day while the parents are at the casino.

Enough of me complaining though. I hope you enjoy your time off!