Uh, was I suppose to come into work today?

[Dina Lerret]

I know it's Labor Day but my prior job, which I had for years, didn't
have this holiday as a 'set' one; it was more of a 'floating' holiday
where workers voted on what would be the sixth paid holiday (Memorial
Day, Thanksgiving (2days), Christmas, New Year's Day, and the
floater).  Sometimes, it'd be July 4th; sometimes, it'd be Labor Day. 
And damn, with my mind on Labor Day rarely voted as the floater, I
completely forgot to nag my boss about if Labor Day was a paid
holiday.  Last time, I had to start nagging on Friday to get Monday's
Memorial Day as paid and then I only heard back on Sunday via email.

This is one of the minor suckiness to being the only office girl,
working mostly alone--before, I was in a corporate office with plenty
other folk and I could tell if I goofed, which believe it or not, I
had still come in on holidays then too.  Same thing happened when I
attended school because you get into this 'schedule'.  Sometimes, I
even panic a little when I realized I've slept in and thought I'd be
late to work... only to realize it's Saturday and the weekend off.

Whether or not I should've come into work today probably wouldn't make
much difference since I got *free* A/C (versus how much I pay on
electricity), food, internet, and cable TV at work, but still... Ah,
bugger it all.

Dina