So like the title says, I'm getting surgery. I'll have 6 weeks off for recovery. I'm honestly looking forward to the time away from my job. As a member of the working poor I've never taken a real vacation and probably never will. This will probably be as close as I get to a “vacation.” My claim for short-term disability has already been approved. It's only 60% of my regular pay which isn't much, but it's something. I'm not expecting to be TOO miserable through recovery so I'm going to make the best of this time away. Video games, art projects, and cat. I'm sorta bummed I won't really be able to do anything crazy with this time but at least I won't be at my soul crushing job.