[RKDinOKC]

If I flew there the closest I could get is San Fransisco for $600. That's 35 miles from Los Altos. And it is a 1700 mile drive back. So would take at least 2 nights lodging and a day of vacation. (they are buying back any vacation we have accrued but don't use by the end of this year).

They are changing the way they track vacation. Up till now we could carry our max vacation to the next year and accrued vacation throughout the year so if you didn't use any vacation by the end of the year you would loose a years worth. But if you had a year's worth from the last year you could take 2 years worth of vacation in a year. So to be fair they are buying back any accrued vacation at the end of this year. Then we are getting our vacation days for a year doled out on January first, and any you don't take expires Dec 31st and counter starts over on the 1st again.