u/Thereshaminthepci

Hi just looking for some answers or help if any other associates have advice. I’ve been an associate at my store over 3 years and at Walmart for 5. I’ve never had to take a long leave before so looking for advice on this. I’m getting married in June of next year & my partner and I want to take a month off work in order to travel through another country after and have been saving for months now. (Obviously avoiding the holiday months & inventory) I’m an hourly associate and NOT a manager.

I do like my job, I don’t want to loose it but also not letting Walmart stop me from doing something I’ve been wanting to do for years lol. Am I allowed to take a personal leave for something like this? Is it better to just ask my manager for the days off and get it approved? How do I approach this long of amount of time off?

Hi! My partner and I are getting married in a chapel. The chapel does not have a reception area. It’s literally the inside with seats and an area to stand. We will be having 47 Guest. This is immediate family (Parents, Siblings & Grandparents ), plus our aunts and uncles (Who both of us are extremely close too) & 5 friends. Out of the 47 guest 9 are children of family members + My siblings. We both have pretty. All of our family lives around us except one of my aunts who is very excited and I talk to on a frequent basis, she’s traveling to stay up with my grandma.

The problem is, Our “wedding” is essentially going to be a 30 minute ceremony, which is what we wanted. We never wanted a big traditional wedding. The problem is I want to do something with my guest after and am just stressed about what to do. I have 5 siblings attending who are between the ages of 5 & 13 and I am the closest with as their oldest sibling. Im struggling to find something that we can do or go that is child friendly. Im looking for any recommendations or ideas please 🙏

I’m 22, and my partner of 6 years and I are getting married next year. We’re planning a 2.5–3 week honeymoon, and it’ll be my first time traveling internationally (aside from a Caribbean cruise I’m taking this October). I live in the US.

Originally, we were planning on going to Japan after a coworker came back and told me how much they loved it. Then I randomly started getting recommended hotels in Chongqing, which sent me down a rabbit hole researching China. The more I researched, the more interested I became, and now I’ve put together a rough itinerary.

That said, I’m starting to wonder if I’m in over my head. Is China too ambitious for a first international trip? From my research so far, I know I’ll need, a Chinese tourist visa & an eSIM or another way to access the internet since many of the apps I normally use won’t work without planning ahead. I understand for some of these places I may have to travel by flights or trains.

Here’s my rough itinerary:
Beijing – 4 days
Travel day to Xi’an - 1 day
Xi’an – 2 days
Travel day to Chengdu - 1 day
Chengdu – 4 days
Chongqing – 4 days (including a day trip to Black Mountain Valley)
Travel day to Zhangjiajie - 1 day
Zhangjiajie – 2 days
Travel day to Shanghai - 1 day
Shanghai – 3 days

Things we’d like to do:
Explore cities and museums (we both love history, art, and science museums). Visit national parks including, Tianmen Mountain, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Black Mountain Valley, Great Wall of China. Some museums on my list the Terracotta Warriors, the Temple of Heaven, and several history and national museums.

We also plan to backpack the trip with 30L bags each. I’m mainly wondering whether China is a reasonable destination for someone’s first major international trip, or if I’m setting myself up for a difficult experience? For those of you who have traveled there, especially independently, would you recommend it even if it’s my first international destination? Is there anything about this itinerary that stands out as unrealistic or that you’d change?
I’d really appreciate any advice.

** Edit: Consider traveling days 1 full day.

Recently lost my pet cat, I’ve been deeply grieving. Just want something meaningful, maybe hopeful or sad? Movie or series

I have never taken that much time off before but I’m getting married next year and we want to do something really big and we are saving for a trip to Japan originally, I wanted to do two weeks but there’s just so much that I wanna do that. I’m thinking about extending it to 20 days. my question is is that an unreasonable ask whether that’s for a work off or amount of time being spent there? I just feel like it’s so hard to cram in all the places I want to see in a two week period because I want to see the tourist spots and some of the off beaten path spots too. Is there anyone out there that goes on extensively long vacations with their workplace? I just feel so bad about it for some reason.