[Magdalen] Getting Old?

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/9/2015 9:56:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:

I was  completely turned around over the last couple of weeks  >>>>>
 
 
The familiar calendar grid that ruled my life for nearly 30 years -  the
official US Government Calendar - is gone.  What I find is that  one
day is just like the other, and holidays don't mean much to me  anymore.
I have to work at it to keep track of the days of the week.
 
I developed my own vacation system centered on that Government
Calendar in that I routinely took an extra day with each official  holiday.
This made for a lot of mini-vacations during the year.  I would  take
some extra days in the first weeks of July, as well, and it all worked  out
very well until there was a change in Government policy.  The  USVA
had a military system by which if one took a Friday and a Monday, for
instance, the employee would be docked for 4 days vacation, not 2.
 
This system was disliked by many, and about ten years ago it was
changed so that only weekdays were charged.  But as a sort of  payback
for giving in, authorities reduced vacation days from 30 to 26.   I would 
have
preferred the older system, but "you can't fight city hall".
 
 
David Strang.