What I did on my summer vacation, by Ian Osmond, age 37 and a half

So, Lis's work gave her both Monday AND Tuesday off for American Independence Day, which meant that, this past week, there would only be three work days. And most of the development teams were in crunch mode -- on projects unrelated to Lis's project. Lis needs to work with those teams to progress on her project, and, well, none of them would be available on those three days, so this past week was a good opportunity to take three vacation days. Because, for the price of three vacation days, Lis would get nine consecutive non-work days -- three vacation days, two work holidays, and two weekends.
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