Friday Five: Call in Sick Days
Posted: November 2nd, 2007
By: Zach Heller
Category: Friday Five

We made it through one whole month.  The Friday Five has officially left October and is entering November for the first time.  There is a few things to look forward to this month.  First of all, you are in for five of the best Friday Five blog postings you’ve ever seen.  Second, Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  And also, November contains one of the best non-holiday days to take off of the year.  Here are the top 5 days to call in sick.

TOP FIVE DAYS OF THE YEAR TO TAKE OFF

1) The Day after Thanksgiving - Turkey is not the best food to eat if you want to be in a get up and go mood - I think we all know that.  So do yourself a favor and take the day off after you stuff your face with all the Turkey you can carve.  Better yet, just eat it off the bone and enjoy your four day weekend.

2) January 2^nd - There is no way you should go to work on a day that you will be nursing the only two-day hangover of the year.  After all, you just rang in the New Year.  There are still 363 more days that you can set the alarm and head into the office.  Not today, do yourself a favor and sleep until at least 9:30.

3) July 5^th - Fireworks and barbeques galore will take you right through the night, so you should just consider the 4th of July a two day holiday.  This is my prediction for the next national holiday to be named by Congress.  Get out and enjoy nice summer weather and forget about work for an extra day.

4) Your Birthday - This is one of the most important days of the year.  Let’s face it, most likely no one at the office knows or cares that this is the anniversary of you coming into the world.  Maybe they know, maybe they’ll bring in cupcakes, and maybe they’ll sing.  That still can’t beat a nice day lounging around the house and then a night out with friends.  It’s your day and only your day, so ease through it.

5) The Day after your Birthday.  While the rest of the days on this list are spread out through the year, I had to throw this one in to give you two days in a row.  It’s one thing to take a day off that everyone else gets off too.  It’s another thing all together to take a day off knowing that everyone else is killing themselves at work.  I would even prank call the office just to make sure they are as miserable as you thought they would be.  Make it count.

While you’re enjoying the day off, for any reason you can come up with, why not watch an online video or two?  As long as you are watching an online video, why not make it count toward CLE credit?  And as long as it counts toward CLE credit, why not do it with Lawline.com?  Happy November!

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