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Because several planning-streams crossed this weekend, I sat down and decided on most of my "fixed date" vacation for the rest of the year. I already have a week in April on the books during release week for The Language of Roses (because I wanted to have the free time to enjoy the experience, even though it doesn't involve any in-person components).

The Medieval Congress is virtual-only again this year and -- having browsed through the schedule -- almost all of the sessions I find interesting will be recorded, and there are surprisingly few that sound interesting. So I've decided not to take vacation for the conference (though I'm still thinking about taking off my birthday and the day after for a long weekend).

This year, I decided that the conjunction of a virtual Medieval Congress and the shifting of BayCon to July made the perfect opportunity to finally try out WisCon on Memorial Day weekend. I decided to take off the entire week running up to it to have some down time, since the virtual Nebulas Conference is the prior weekend.

BayCon only needs one day off in July (being local and therefore not involving Travel Logistics).

For Worldcon in Chicago, I'm taking the whole week off, plus an additional travel (or recovery) day afterward.

And I've pencilled in roughly a week in the fall for a thing that involves some surprises (for others) so I'm not being specific.

All of that uses up almost exactly half of my theoretical vacation time (rolled over plus what I'll accrue this year), but I don't think I have any other major trips planned. That means I have plenty for not-yet-planned casual time off. I like that idea.