By Anusha Shrivastava
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With limited time off, I like to save some vacation days for “emergencies.”
So what constitutes an emergency? Well, it could be that my son needs to be driven to a Friday squash tournament for which the schedule is only posted on Wednesday. Or, it could be unexpected guests. Or, it could be a parent-teacher meeting we didn’t plan on when we first budgeted our vacation days. (Fortunately, I get a few sick days a year so I don’t need to plan ahead for illness emergencies.)
At least once or twice a year, there’s a contractor visit for which we need to be present or a plumber who needs to be let in or other household repairs that require someone to stay home.
This year, there were also weather-related issues – a hurricane in the …