I'm an insomniac and I get so very tired sometimes that I think I'm going to just drop. Over the past few years I have scheduled a week off in the spring, one in the summer, and one in the fall, then one at Christmas, which I just started last year. In this way I know that I'll have a week off every 3 months to recharge and refresh and come back stronger. I just have to budget well. None of my daycare families have ever complained about my vacations because they just schedule their vacations at the same time as mine.