I start back at work today, after a two and a half week break.

Our holiday in Crete is over and we’ve come from blazing sunshine and temperatures around 100 degree F every day, to showers and temperatures in the high 50s F (if we are lucky).

It’s not all bad though, at least not to my mind. The summer days in Greece are too hot for me to bear for more than a couple of weeks.  And, unles I’m doing a fair amount of sightseeing and exploring, just lounging around by the pool quickly loses it’s attraction. To be back now in a temperate climate, with work and hobbies to resume and friends to catch up with, is actually very welcome.

Whether I’ll be quite so happy after a full day at work remains to be seen. Apart from the shock of being back at my desk for over 7 hours, there may have been some significant changes. Including the possibility that I may no longer have a role.

Before I went on leave there were moves to restructure and remove resources in my group. I may have been absent at a crucial time. Not that my presence would have made much difference,  I’m not in a position of influence in these matters.