Considering that at this moment I still have 14 days of annual leave from 2023, it is clear that I was away from work for only 10 days (August 2023), which is really little.
That's why I'm taking a vacation next week to recharge my batteries.

Although those charged batteries, in fact, don't last long at all, they run out already on the second or third day after returning to work...
But it's nice that at least on those days of rest, I'm in some other, interesting, beautiful place, far from work...

I remember a big and important project from 2018, when the start of it (after a few delays) coincided with two weeks of my annual vacation.
When I was asked if I would really go on vacation, given the situation, I said: "Of course I will go. As you planned the original deadlines, so I planned my time."
I was also asked to postpone my vacation...
"it's not a problem", I told the director, "but it will cost you. A completely new summer arrangement in a more exotic destination than the one I planned, new plane tickets and a few thousand more € to cheer up my wife".
They wished me a happy trip and postponed the start for the next two weeks, when I return from vacation.
I enjoyed my vacation then, and even after that I started the project more easily with charged batteries 🙂