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So...my dad tells me today that he's going fly fishing in remote Canada with my brother in June. They are driving to Canada, getting on a sea plane and flying into a wayyyy remote area to fish and camp for a week. He invited me to go along. Said he'll pay for everything just to get me to go with them.
Before I could say anything, he then invited me (all paid for again) to go scuba diving with him and my brother in Hondorus (in between Mexico and South America) for a week in November.
Thats 2 weeks of time off of work.
Now...I already have a week in July planned for going up north with my girlfriend and kids. Not to mention taking a few Saturdays off here and there for random events this summer. (dream cruise, my sisters grad party, my sons birthday party, a weekend in Luddington to fish with my old man)
So it totals up to 3 weeks and 4 days off work. I'm only allowed to have 1 week off since I've only been working there for a year.
I dont want to miss out on vacations that my old man has planned, because its major important to him and I to hang out. He was pretty much begging me to go on these trips with him and my bro. My boss will not let me have that much time off unless its a complete emergency.
On one hand, I gotta work to make money...but on another hand, I feel if I miss out on this stuff, I'll never get to do it again. This is pure golden time with my father and brother. Those dont come around too often. My job I'm at now is a throw away job IMO since the powder coating thing is going well. (that should be my future if all pans out right.)
What should I do??? Tell my boss that I'm taking this time off and there is nothing he can do about it, then see what happens?? Or just work like a slave for the man and forget about my family bonding time....Its so stupid, because at this time in the economy, I feel that I should be lucky to even get a steady paycheck. I would feel selfish throwing a decent paying job out the window...but I also regret not going with my dad and brother on these amazing trips. They've gone on a few trips in the past and invited me, but I couldnt go because of work. I'm still kicking myself in the ass for that. They always come back and tell me of all the stuff they did together, show me awesome pictures of them hanging out having fun and then proceed to tell me that they wish I could have gone with them and it would have been so much better if I was there.
What would you guys do???
Before I could say anything, he then invited me (all paid for again) to go scuba diving with him and my brother in Hondorus (in between Mexico and South America) for a week in November.
Thats 2 weeks of time off of work.
Now...I already have a week in July planned for going up north with my girlfriend and kids. Not to mention taking a few Saturdays off here and there for random events this summer. (dream cruise, my sisters grad party, my sons birthday party, a weekend in Luddington to fish with my old man)
So it totals up to 3 weeks and 4 days off work. I'm only allowed to have 1 week off since I've only been working there for a year.
I dont want to miss out on vacations that my old man has planned, because its major important to him and I to hang out. He was pretty much begging me to go on these trips with him and my bro. My boss will not let me have that much time off unless its a complete emergency.
On one hand, I gotta work to make money...but on another hand, I feel if I miss out on this stuff, I'll never get to do it again. This is pure golden time with my father and brother. Those dont come around too often. My job I'm at now is a throw away job IMO since the powder coating thing is going well. (that should be my future if all pans out right.)
What should I do??? Tell my boss that I'm taking this time off and there is nothing he can do about it, then see what happens?? Or just work like a slave for the man and forget about my family bonding time....Its so stupid, because at this time in the economy, I feel that I should be lucky to even get a steady paycheck. I would feel selfish throwing a decent paying job out the window...but I also regret not going with my dad and brother on these amazing trips. They've gone on a few trips in the past and invited me, but I couldnt go because of work. I'm still kicking myself in the ass for that. They always come back and tell me of all the stuff they did together, show me awesome pictures of them hanging out having fun and then proceed to tell me that they wish I could have gone with them and it would have been so much better if I was there.
What would you guys do???
