Padraic, the internet never sleeps - neither do we
Vacations away from a computer (and cell phone) seem to be a myth!! I did manage about a week last year thanks to the staff taking over full control of things, but it's rare that this can happen in the internet work. Hopefully the new assistants can lighten your load a little and you'll spend less time online dealing with the X-Cart forums leaving you more time to spend making websites and programming