I hope you get approval! Many years ago I booked my first 2 week vacation in Negril before I got approval for the time off. I was bringing 6 friends and had all the flights and rooms booked. When I put in my vacation request I was told no one had ever gotten approval for 2 consecutive weeks and I would need to talk to the owner to get the go ahead. I told him that he needed to understand that I was going no matter what he said and if I needed to find a new job when I got back so be it. He asked me why I would book such a trip before getting the ok and my response was that as I had never in my career been denied vacation time that I had earned, it never occurred to me that he would say no. He said "Oh, well I guess that makes sense..." and signed the approval.
Bless...
Ed
