Having taken a fairly long vacation, I'm recording this for posterity: 

Cons:
  • You have to make plans before leaving work.  Going away for a few days, things can wait till you get back.  But two weeks?  You need alternate contacts and contingency plans.
  • You have to kind of clean out your refrigerator and make sure nothing could go horribly bad and make the house smell like rotten cabbage.
  • If you're in charge of something like a Bible study or social group, you have to make sure it'll continue for two weeks without you.  For one week away, you can just cancel or do a social, but two weeks needs an actual plan.
  • If you have pets, you have to have some serious stores of pet food and supplies.
  • You have to make sure bills that might be due during that time are paid before you leave.
Pros:
  • You don't commute to work, so you save money on gas.
  • You don't heat your house or use the appliances, so you save money on energy.
  • You don't buy normal groceries, so you probably save money on food.
That being said, I probably won't do a long vacation again.  Not that it was awful, but 10 days seems to be a happy medium. #travel