It rained overnight, and again while we were packing up to leave Oxwich this morning. We had to check out of our accommodation by ten, so we arranged to have our final cooked breakfast together afterwards and then parted company for the journeys home. Amazing that while other places had rain and even floods we had four warm days without rain. We reached Cardiff just after half past one, and my first job was to pick up the week's veggy bag. As we had breakfast late, we just had a snack and I cooked supper instead, after taking an hours walk around the park.
There was work to catch up on, relating to Carole's funeral in two week's time, drafting an order of service and working on a eulogy for which I'd already received substantial notes. When I switched on my desktop PC it immediately went into update mode, only this time it took more than half an hour to complete which was most annoying. As ever, Chromebook came speedily to the rescue. I didn't bother with my Windows laptop, just in case it wanted to delay me with an update - although it does everything five times faster - I just didn't want any more delay. Updating to Windows 11 may not be possible with my desktop PC as its hardware may not be adequate for the upgrade. If this turns out to be the case, I shall convert it to Linux Mint, as I know it will run much faster. I might not wait that long, if it annoys me any more. Fancy a key software upgrade designed in a way that make older hardware redundant. It sounds like a scam to me.
After a couple of hours of work it was time to turn in, the events of the day left me feeling very tired. It's funny to return from a refreshing holiday break and still feel tired. I think it may be something to do with being confined to the same area and the same routines day after day for so many months. The stimulus of being in a different less familiar place and socialising with family somehow take their toll. A consequence of growing old?
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