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I usually take 1 week or so a year, but it's a few days here and there. I visit my mother twice a year, so that's usually 3 days each trip (try to coincide with a 3 day weekend like Memorial day and/or labor day. Maybe a few days around the holidays. And from time to time, I'll need a day off here or there for things that I can't do if I'm at work during the day. We have had a couple of years where we take a family vacation so I took a whole week off. Those years, I ended up taking my full two weeks (not counting the two weeks a year of corp holidays).

I rarely take a sick day. I don't get sick that often, and when I do it's usually really mild.