//collect all select form fields, set the iterator to 0, instantiate a placeholder for the current time type
                var allSelects = $$('div.type-select select');
                var iter = 0;
                var currentTimeType;

                $$('a.vacation','a.sick','a.holiday','a.overhead').each(function(anchor,index){

                if( ! $defined(currentTimeType)) { currentTimeType = anchor.getAttribute('class'); }

                //while we're still on the current class of anchor, keep iterating
                if(currentTimeType == anchor.getAttribute('class'))
                {
                    //add a 'rel' attribute to each of the anchors
                    anchor.set('rel',iter);

                    iter += 3;
                } else {

                    //if we change anchor classes, reset the iterator, set the current time type, and set the 'rel' attribute
                    //for the current anchor, then increment the iterator for the next pass
                    iter = 0;
                    currentTimeType = anchor.getAttribute('class');
                    anchor.set('rel',iter);
                    iter += 3;
                }

                //console.log(anchor.getAttribute('class') + " with iterator of " + iter);

                    //add the 'click' event handler
                    anchor.addEvent('click',function(event){

                        //prevent the browser from trying to load a page or doing something else
                        event.stop();

                        //get the 'rel' value and convert it to a number for use as an index
                        var relNumProject = Number(this.getAttribute('rel'));
                        var relNumCategory = Number(relNumProject + 1);

                        //fill the appropriate form fields for a given anchor
                        switch(this.getAttribute('class')) {

                            case 'vacation':
                                //set the appropriate values for 'vacation' in the form fields
                                allSelects[relNumProject].set('value','909c59fea1803eb7763757781c67e868').fireEvent('change');
                                allSelects[relNumCategory].set('value','b251b10ca58d3b33a70b366961935c99').fireEvent('change');
                            break;

                            case 'sick':
                                //set the appropriate values for 'sick' in the form fields
                                allSelects[relNumProject].set('value','909c59fea1803eb7763757781c67e868').fireEvent('change');
                                allSelects[relNumCategory].set('value','b866d5a11b1ea2b5e68e6275d1c9119e').fireEvent('change');
                            break;

                            case 'holiday':
                                //set the appropriate values for 'holiday' in the form fields
                                allSelects[relNumProject].set('value','909c59fea1803eb7763757781c67e868').fireEvent('change');
                                allSelects[relNumCategory].set('value','039d8e8643935db2d758be8316f08729').fireEvent('change');
                            break;

                            case 'overhead':
                                //set the appropriate values for 'overhead' in the form fields
                                allSelects[relNumProject].set('value','909c59fea1803eb7763757781c67e868').fireEvent('change');
                                allSelects[relNumCategory].set('value','634b7e0a09f98fbaf36700f3e33c1801').fireEvent('change');
                            break;

                        }

                    });


                });