I kind of hate holidays, or at least love-hate holidays, for a bunch of reasons. Even the 4th of July.

In one previous life (I've had several), I worked for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and as a state employee had 10 holidays a year -- one almost every month -- and it provided a great break. Most private companies only have half that many holidays, and that often comes with an asterisk.

Speaking to someone on the way to work today, I heard that he's off for a long weekend, except that he's probably going to need to work almost a full day from home to catch up. Not the first time I've heard this story, especially with lean staffing in many companies these days.

If it were actually a vacation, he'd be off the hook -- not as many people are willing to give up their personal holidays and work, as opposed to the company/public holidays. But here is my point (at last!).

Some people are protective of their personal time, others less so. But if there's a corporate expectation that holidays are a gray area between personal time and company work-release time, then something's definitely wrong. And that's my holiday thing -- I only want to be thinking about whether it'll be too wet for the fireworks display, not about whether we can figure out which Drupal modules will work best (some of you will know).

What are you looking forward to this summer?