I can understand your frustration. I'm like you, a hard worker, taking on whatever I can to help out. People do sometimes exploit that but that doesn't make us fools. It makes us helpful and caring people. Sometimes that means we get walked on but I don't know about you but I can't just turn off my personality. Whether you go to a higher level would be hard for me to judge, but if you don't think it will cause you more trouble in the long run then you might want to consider it. I tend to just suck it up as to not make waves, but sometimes you have to stand up for yourself. I hope you get it worked out. I'm sorry you may miss celebrating your holiday.