Holiday season time off

Getting near the end of the year I have about five days of vacation left so I'm splitting it up over these last three weeks of December. There is no carry over of vacation time into the next year. Sad to say the one I took last Friday ended up with me going into the office for a couple of hours anyway. I took that pound of flesh back on today's timecard entry. Tomorrow and Thursday will be free and easy days off with nothing at the office to pull me back. Friday is the company's Christmas holiday then next week I'll work the same schedule as this week with Friday being our New Year's holiday.