Starting tomorrow I’m off through the new year. What should I do to really bang it up? I was thinking breakfast out tomorrow seems like the way to go.
You can sleep in till late before that too
Can’t sleep in first day - the Mrs book cleaners at 8am. I’m thinking wake, shower, greet cleaners, go eat and be leisurely until they’re done.
Take extra long in the shower.
Breakfast out sounds nice.
I’d also add a daytime movie but the magical thing about having time off is that you can do things while other people work, so there’s not a lot of stress.
Think of something you’d always like to do but it’s too busy, too annoying because of the amount of people. That thing isn’t so bad anymore.
I would buy a jigsaw puzzle on the way home from breakfast.
Nothing says vacation like wasting hours poking at a bunch of jumbled bits of cardboard.
Edit: oh, and I would try to catch a cheap matinee movie. I find it luxurious to enjoy a cheap show in a mostly empty theater.
Don’t dig jigsaw but I am charging my (sadly ignored lately) kindle for the break.
[off topic]
Here’s the way to take a vacation. Most people start the vacation on a Monday and come back to work on a Monday. The smart thing to do is start your vacation on Wednesday and come back to work on a Thursday.
You come into work on the Monday before the vacation starts knowing you only have to work three days, and when the vacation is winding down you know you only have to show up for two days before the weekend.
Most people have limited vacation days. You want to spend 6 vacation days for 8 days off, instead of spending only 5 vacation days for 9 days off? Do you also avoid sales at your favorite stores, because you prefer full price?
Not OP, but with the aforementioned schedule, there are still weekends before and after that are still very valuable. The weekend before vacation could be used to catch up on chores and errands that would be nice to get done before the vacation, plus maybe pack. Then when you get back, your coming home to a clean place and not having to deal with running around straight away. Just be ready for only two days of work. Then another weekend to get rested up before a full week of work.
Two weekends bookending two half weeks of work bookending a week off from work is very nearly the same as a week of vacation and a week of staycation for only 5 vacation days. Sure you can’t go out of town for an extended period with that plan, but I’m kinda ready to go home after 4-5 days away anyway.
