I have six weeks of vacation accrued each year (34 years with the same company), but the catch is that I can't actually TAKE six weeks off, as I'm the last person here who can do my job. As a result, I take most of my vacation in 1/2 to 1 day increments on nice days so I can ride. Fortunately, my boss is pretty understanding about this, and lets me take an afternoon on fairly short notice unless there's something critical happening.
Do you ever call off from work to go riding? I really want to today. Its the first nice day all week, where there is no rain or 15 to 20mph winds. Damn you work! An Damn you to Sun, why you no shine on my days off!
I had a bad problem with that and being single on Friday nights when I had to work the graveyard shift , wasn't always the bike I had a big jones to go ride .