I leave Friday morning for family vacation, so I've got that out of the way. And thanks to the holiday, I needed to burn but 1 day of vacation to do it. And, with my years of service, I increased to 21 days of vacation this year.

With that, I took off Sept 15 (opening day), every Monday in October, and I'm off from Nov. 5-16. With about 6 days left to schedule.