<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28551297.post3047406489102100508..comments</id><updated>2009-09-23T06:53:08.211-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on My Musings: The Joy of Vacation Quickly Fades</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicks-musings.blogspot.com/feeds/3047406489102100508/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28551297/3047406489102100508/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-musings.blogspot.com/2009/09/joy-of-vacation-quickly-fades.html'/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05248144883873770896</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28551297.post-445490488403431427</id><published>2009-09-23T06:53:08.211-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T06:53:08.211-04:00</updated><title type='text'>At my last job, the employer would pay us for unus...</title><content type='html'>At my last job, the employer would pay us for unused vacation at the end of the year.  Some of my coworkers would work what should have been their vacation time - not because they had to or were that busy but simply to get more money.  None of them were in the precarious economic position of you and Ben.  I always took all of my vacation, because I also understood that not doing so did harm to my emotional well-being.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28551297/3047406489102100508/comments/default/445490488403431427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28551297/3047406489102100508/comments/default/445490488403431427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-musings.blogspot.com/2009/09/joy-of-vacation-quickly-fades.html?showComment=1253703188211#c445490488403431427' title=''/><author><name>Lemuel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15397995062492531171</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nicks-musings.blogspot.com/2009/09/joy-of-vacation-quickly-fades.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28551297.post-3047406489102100508' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28551297/posts/default/3047406489102100508' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>