Army of one

My last employer gave me five weeks off every year, with the option to accrue up to six weeks.

My current employer gives you three weeks PTO (which includes sick leave). Also, they don't rate Christmas Eve as a paid holiday.

Sickness, sick kids and moving have me in the hole on PTO.

So here I am.

The upsides to being at work today:

• I get the parking spot closest to the building.
• No interruptions. Phone and email might as well not exist.
• Web apps that haven't been taken down for the holidays are blazingly fast.

But the lights keep switching off, the vending machine coffee is indescribably bad-

Despite this, some work is actually getting done.

I've never had to work on Christmas Eve before – and I can't say there's much to recommend it. But – nobody bugs you.