The alarm going off at 6.45 was a bit of a shock.  Since I've been ill and
recuperating 6.45 has existed only in the p.m. mode.  The chickens and geese
were a little shocked to be let out and fed so early. Kitty FC was in the
house, amazed to see me! but BF was out,  confident that I wouldn't be up
for ages, you see;-)
I encountered him strolling up the garden path while I was "doing the
chickens" at 7.15.  He seemed surprised to see me.
Anyway, it took me 45 minutes to get to work, bad traffic, but it all went
well.  I got there before the new manager did, so quickly did a survey with
my co-workers to see what their impression is of her.  Mixed.  She is
stricter and firmer than they are used to.
She called me into her office about 10.30.  We had a 15 minute chat. During
it, she said she will do all she can to help me manage my work until I have
fully recovered physically and mentally.  She doesn't want me to carry stuff
like files around yet, and has arranged for a trolley.  She seems nice but
it's too early to tell yet.

OMG, you should see the mess the job has got into while I was away!!  It's
already looking better, but I think I overdid it a bit with too much
standing up.  My "operation places" were hurting after just a couple of
hours, and my back was killing me at the end of the day.
But I sort of enjoyed trying to put it all right again and I am determined
to do it within two weeks, maybe sooner.  I just can't stand having the
child protection records in a mess.

Tweed