So I'm on vacation from work now, have been for a while actually. My company has a policy of making you use up your time off before the end of the year, and the don't pay you for it or let you roll it over.

Anyways....well as you might imagine, I have a hard time staying away from the work email. And if I turn off my laptop I only have a finite amount of time before my mailbox get's full and it starts bouncing them (I get a lot of email, and I do mean a lot).

Add to this the fact that there are a huge number of projects going on right now (my group only has two people in it currently) and there's my dilemma. If I don't check my email and respond to people, all I am doing is setting myself up for a shit ton of work when I officially go back. However, if I do respond to people and let them know that I'm working they basically jump on me like flies on crap; because of course everybody else is out now as well, and they need stuff done at the last minute.

I made the mistake of doing that yesterday for something silly, and even though somebody only wanted a description field updated on an interface, I had to stop and say to myself "this is stupid, i'm working on my vacation constantly. Nobody else it busting their hump for me (and trust me, they aren't) why am I killing myself over something that can wait?"

End result is my laptop is not only off, but unplugged. I can't keep jumping through hoops for people and keep my sanity. Need to take a little decompression time for me....I'm sure things will be just as hectic when I get back.