I'd love to get in just one.
Funny I should come across this article. I just attempted to take a day off on Friday, to stay home with a sick 5 yr. old. In my position, I handle the desktop environment, as well as application packaging and some programming. I am juggling 4 Enterprise Application projects at present, and received no fewer than a dozen calls from Project Managers, Application Support, and Management, all of them panicked when they saw my Out of Office message. I did my best to care for my son throughout the day, but still ended up putting in a 6 hour day into the evening to keep everything running smoothly.