A Long Month

I now face a whole month of other people's vacations. You all know how the same amount of work needs to be done with one less person.  With all the problems in the economy there are no extra bodies around to lend a hand, as most business' are running lean these days. One person after another takes a week, all richly deserved, and anticipated for long months.  The rest slog along.  My only salvation is that MY vacation is last, and I have backed it up to the Labor Day weekend to get an extra day.  I'm sure I will pay for this brilliant idea somehow.  From this end, August looks very long indeed.