overslept by 2 hours like a champ. whoops! didn’t even hear my alarm go off, and next thing i know i woke up and it’s 8:45 when i should have been waking up at 6:45 and in the office around 8. taking today off of work since it’s not like there was anything for me to do there this week anyway.

i really like my boss though. as soon as i woke up and saw the alarm clock and crapped my pants i called our scheduling team to take 8 hours of “UIA” (unexcused illness/absence) time, then texted my boss “wow, i really didn’t hear my alarm go off. sorry! 🙁 just called scheduling to take the day off”.

we use UIA time for both sick days and times when you’re running late, and as such we take it in hour increments. you only get 40 hours of UIA time before you start getting written up, though. i’d been tracking my time off and since i had exactly 8 hours of UIA time left and since it wouldn’t carry over to next year, i told scheduling i’d be taking 8 hours of UIA time.

most bosses would have probably flipped out. after i texted my boss to say how i was taking the day off, she asked me if i was taking vacation or UIA time since she wasn’t sure if i had enough UIA time, and when i said i was tracking it she double-checked with me and said “yep, you do, i just checked. it’s all good. enjoy your day”

now to figure out what to do today!