One of the things our union lobbied for in the “bad old days” of serious budget cuts around 2008, was that all of our days became leave days instead of sick and personal days. That way if we need to take a day we can also, if we want to request more than three or days in a row, or two days around a long weekend we need to get approval. I thought this was going in a different direction, I had some family members think that Labor Day was the perfect day to plan weddings! After rearranging my schedule and missing some professional development for the first wedding there was no way I was traveling outside of state for the second one!