I took a week off from ( paying ) work last week and spent the time at home catching up on various projects that had accumulated on my to do list . I built a wood shed . I cleaned up the tool shed by the barn and built a bin to hold shavings for the horse stalls . I cleared out some fallen trees that were blocking the creek .
According to the above context, answer the following question.
Why would the narrator take a week off work ?


They needed to get caught up .