When I had my business, it was small with 5 employees, I shut it down for 3 weeks. It was the last week of Aug and first two of Sept. I paid all the guys 40 hours pay and they got a check in the mail every Friday so we could take time off. I still allowed the guys to take their vacation as they wanted, as this was MY vacation and I felt it unfair to make them take their vacation when I took mine. This way I had my employees back to work when we re-opened and I didn't have to worry about things going wrong without me there. I always paid myself first and made sure we had time off to enjoy life. I knew too many people that died too young and missed the enjoyment of being with the ones they loved. Hope you get to have some fun and enjoy life while you can. In most cases, work will be there when you return.