@socklesscowboy – I hear you on the vacation days. I've burned 4 of this year's vacation days for CPA exam studying. And I only get 11 days total. It kills me because my coworkers will act like I've had a vacation when I've been studying for or taking an exam. What they don't realize is that my day was actually longer than their work day. I drive 6 hours to take my exams (3 hours each way) and then have to sit for a 3-4 hour exam… And they act like it's a vacation day.. BAH!
I am pretty fortunate that my boss doesn't charge me a vacation day for the day that I actually sit for my exam. He's the only one who actually understands what I'm going through since he's a CPA. But I do usually take a day or two off before my exam in order to get extra studying in, and those are vacation days.
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