GaiaX used to be a very chaotic company with ever-changing internal organization and regulations. In preparation for IPO a lot of things are getting much more formal now (although we still seem to reorganize quarterly) and during my vacation the paid leave policy was introduced. Turns out I only have ten days of paid holiday this year, which I already totally spent on our European trip. I thought I was clever when we scheduled that trip to contain a national holiday, which should have brought the count down to nine. Unfortunately, it also included a biweekly Saturday's meeting, which according to the new rules has to be counted as well and brings the count back to ten.

I am not totally out of luck, because I was given an extra five days for honeymoon, which I can use to attend my November wedding party in Shanghai. Of course, November, 1st is likely to be another meeting Saturday, so I will have to arrange something for that sixth day. Probably overtime.