"All of a sudden you pause to look around and weeks have disappeared like a puff of smoke in the sky" THIS!!! Time seems to just pass by like nothing! On a larger scale, people realise this when they are much older and feel like their entire lives passed right in front of their eyes and then they are filled with regrets.

You are doing a very necessary thing taking the day off to be with your loved ones. That is something that is missing with people today. :)