you shouldn't be ashamed. Vacations are under-rated.

But work is always overrated...

pohh on being ashamed..'how about a little respect for the work you do (lemme-at-em).

found that whoever was employing him at the time almost always managed to struggle through his vacations without him.

strike that. ALWAYS. never put anyone out of business with a vaca. even when I left the country without a working cell phone.