Well apparently Tori's having at least 1 day of  "Vacation" while she's there, she's even said as much. Convention or not, they do all get some free time and their airfare paid for by the company to see Boston. I'm quite aware of the work that goes into conventions, but I'm also aware of the benefits of company paid travel. I didn't work in the airline industry for as many years as I did and not know what fun can be had even on "Business" trips.

A Summer spent in Dallas for training was one of the highlights of my travels and we were in class for 8 hours a day for 6 weeks, but we still had time off to have fun and it was more like a vacation than spending those 6 weeks would have been just gonig to the regular job would have been. I'm not trying to paint the convention as all fun and games inspite of comments to the contrary, but it's not all work and no play either.

In anycase, as far as it goes, it still doesn't justify leaving the home front with no staff to do neccesary work. That was and remains my reason for bringing it up in the first place.