Nut,
I think you just have to get on Paws "I'm gonna kick your Ass" list, and then he pays for it all.... Of course, that is today's direction from Paws Kerry. Remember yesterday, he needed $800 to drive the Escort 150 miles.... And before that he thought he was Dr. Livingston, lost in Africa, and before that he was a lowly cook on the losing side of some battle, and before that he was the landlord at some trailer court....
I think you get the pattern, so I wouldn't be asking for time off work to ride the Paw's Short Bus out West, unless you can predict his medication for the days you are looking at.
Did you see the news article on the old retirees, who don't take full doses of their medicine, in an effort to save money on their prescriptions???