My wife will have been away twice this year without me as I cannot get the length of time off from my new job and any odd days I do get I end up on email sorting things out. I really think that blackberry type devices are the worst thing ever invented some times....

But honestly, if you are working in any midsize+ organisation and you come back to any significant amount of work then you need to take a good long look at your colleagues and work out exactly what they do! 🙂