"LOA" means "Leave of Absence." I still use my accrued vacation time, but it's either for one's own medical reasons or those of a family member (which is true in my case), or for educational reasons. AND - by law, the employer has to allow it--an issue at my place, where normally nurses can't take more than two weeks off at once, and only one person in my unit can take vacation at a time.
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"And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed on into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water."
-The Return of the King
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