I just checked with my manager and she said it was okay for me to take Christmas Eve off since she will be taking it off as well. I said I didn't want to be out in traffic as it will be bad with everyone traveling and all the last minute shoppers out there and she agreed with me. She will be flying out on Christmas eve to Alabama to be with family there.
So now I have a total of 12 days off (from Dec 24-Jan 2). Yippee!! I will use one of those days for some lab work that I have been putting off since my physical back in Oct as well as the yearly female checkup appt (ick). I planned to spend the rest of the time just sleeping, eating, hanging out with two wonderful and crazy cats. I might take some short day trips around the SF Bay Area. I might even venture into San Francisco for some daytime wandering about as well as maybe visit my Aunt and Uncle for lunch in the Northbay area. It will be nice to have the time off.