Just Another Blog
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
 
The Vacation's Over

When I busted up my leg two weeks ago, I had nine unused vacation and personal days left at work. Yesterday marked my ninth missed day at work and the exhaustion of my paid days. I should get short-term disability payments for the next seventeen missed days using a calculation that grants me one day for every month employed. There's been some sort of major foul-up with the processing of my claim, and I'm a bit worried that it will not be fixed before the next payroll is processed. My company doesn't give employees any paid sick time, so this is all that I will get. If my recovery takes more than another seventeen business days, it is my understanding that they will continue to recognize me as an employee but will place me on unpaid medical leave.

I was supposed to be traveling to Chicago next month for the fabulous, three-day Touch and Go 25-year anniversary extravaganza. This article is a doleful reminder of what I'll be missing out on. I cancelled my plane ticket yesterday and will be mailing my three-day pass to Vince presently. Missing the show is tough enough and missing the chance to party with everyone in Chicago is even worse. It sucks to have spent the balance of my vacation recouperating from my fall.