FDXLAG,

You get leveled for the carryover trip, but you won't get leveled for vacation until you start your vacation. In other words (assuming no carryover trip), if you have 8 days of reserve in the beginning of the month and vacation later that month, you won't get leveled until your vacation starts. It won't help you for the R days before your vacation.

So unless your carryover (or CIA trip) is 88 hours between now and Friday, you won't have that much leveling. That said, with reserve usage as low as it is, your carryover will probably get you plenty of leveling....