First let me say that disney was the only thing that got me through grad school, Now to get my fix and please no judgements here because i feel awful enough, but when i was a teacher, you know they get certain days off during christmas break and it was great cuz you get 20 sick days and 5 personal days but you really are not expected to use them. When i accepted the job i had my vacation already booked, so i had already planned to take my 5 personal days for vacation, the problem is was that my trip was scheduled to begin before the days kicked in, the vacation ran through christmas break so that was not the problemk so i had to make up a family emergency that took me 4 days, then i went to the doctor with a not so serious asthma attack for 3 more days off, now please no judgements here i have the worst cases of asthma and bronchritis there ever was, which was the only reason why i knew my doctor would give me the rest periods. This was the only time i even did something like this. I do not plan to do this again, but i just could not miss my vacation.