5:36 pm this week has been insane�I�ve been coming in to work around 7:30 and leaving around 7�that�s almost 12 hours at the office�and for someone who�s used to a 37 hour work week, that�s just a lot of hours�it�s not bad, but it�s bad for someone who�s making as little as I am�and I�m bad, for someone who�s making as little as I am�because I keep impulsively buying plane tickets�I was in san diego two weekends ago, and I�ll be in vermont next weekend�it�s quite crazy�but I feel like if I don�t take a day or two now, I�ll never be able to�should I feel guilty that I�m planning on calling in �migraine� on friday when I�ll really be on a plane from phoenix to hartford? I think not, though I still do�perhaps that�s why I�m working so hard this week�I want to make sure I don�t leave anything hanging, and I certainly don�t want to put any undue stress on anyone else in the office�I figure I�ve really had a week-long headache and I�ve come in to work every day-why not not have a headache one day and not come in to work? (woah-too many negatives in one sentence)�it works out�I�ve been really good at this job with not taking any sick days yet�I must admit, in the past, I�ve been a frequent sick-caller-iner�and usually I wasn�t sick, but I had cramps, or I was hungover�I invented pretty elaborate excuses and took a couple of self-proclaimed personal days�but now, well, I feel like I really need to be here�like I have too much to do to merely �skip� a day�and I like it much better this way�I don�t dread going in in the morning�I don�t spend afternoons thinking of ways to leave early�I am sometimes baffled by my rationale, but I don�t think this recent decision to visit Vermont deserves too much thought�I have the option to go (though not the money) and I am taking it�Ever since last winter I�ve had ants in my pants, and I like to be moving around, doing different things, taking advantage of every opportunity that arises-even if it�s not the smartest thing financially�I mean-I�ve got the rest of my life to worry about money, right? I know, I�ve got a really immature attitude about it, but I figure money should never be THE reason a person doesn�t pursue something, especially travel�I�m not in debt, I�ve got a paycheck steadily coming in every two weeks, and I think I�ll be okay�