You are correct...except for the fact that my anniversary is in early December and my wife and I had travel plans for that as well. That is where I put my golden days. She would have been more upset at me for missing that outing than the Christmas trip.

And it still goes back to "why?" Why should a guy in the top third of a large category have to choose between an important block of days in the early part of any month versus the late part of any month...especially since the company failed to schedule him in both the early and base month. Actually, that is exactly the question we asked at the Scheduling Optimization Team, which is what resulted in the much improved bidding for CQ system we have now.

In fact ever since I have always gotten exactly the sim session I bid for. In fact, since I live in ATL, and am now modestly senior, I have decided that I will first bid CQ patterns that are in the OC-3--much easier to find a parking spot than over at OC1/2! I guess I am pretty spoiled now....