Chicago!

I'm going to Chicago next month. I've never been there. Leave it to Duran Duran to get me to go someplace I've never been. They're playing there next month and a few of us decided to go. My friend from my old home is driving and will come by and pick me up. Another woman is coming up from the middle of the state. It should be fun and exactly what I need right now. I feel like all I do is work and hang out at home.

Okay, I've been working for 7 weeks now and I have some vacation time, but should I request the time off? That is the dilemma. What if they say no? I already paid for the ticket and it wasn't cheap. I'm debating whether I should tell a white lie and say I'm sick or something just because I do feel funny requesting time off and some of the others live, eat and breathe work so much, they can't fathom the need to take time off. Well, either way, I'm going. I've figured out long ago that I need to do more than work.