A change in circumstance

Well, it took far longer than I anticipated but I'm finally back in work. Back being the operative word - I'm back in the same job I had 11 years ago.

They say you should never go back, but in this case I don't think the rule applies. You don't get many jobs like this one, combining the best elements of Applications and Systems work, or at least those elements I think I'm best at. What's more, at only 20 miles away it's relatively local.

I had been concerned that after such a long lay-off I would have found it difficult to get back into the regime of rushing out each morning. Well sofar there has been no such difficulty, the hard part has been at the other end of the day. I've been at my desk by 8 each morning without any real effort, but it is a rush to get back in time for the evening commitments I've acquired over the last 4 years. I think there may soon come a time when I need to review those commitments and that will be a very hard choice - those commitments that I'd be least unwilling to relinquish are the only ones that have not arisen since returning from semi-retirement. Ah well, such is life!