Amyelia

I got exactly NOTHING done today. I woke up at 4pm this afternoon and haven’t done anything since then – besides going out to get food for dinner and then to the service station to get my tires aired and fill up on petrol. This winter has been the worst I’ve ever experienced in Melbourne. It is almost comparably cold to the winter I spent in Vancouver during December 2006/January 2007, and I think that’s saying something. On the television they’re going to great lengths trying to explain how global warming has had a great impact on our changing weather, and I absolutely agree. Summer is exceedingly hot and winter is producing below-freezing temperatures – not something common in a relatively temperate part of Australia. Melbourne used to be the city of four-seasons-in-a-day and now it’s staying at either extreme. The extreme cold is quite the motivation-killer; when your fingers are so numb and cold that you can barely move them, you’d feel like just staying under the covers all day too! I really hope there’s a little bit of relief in the form of warmth soon -  more sun, less wind, less cloud cover…anything. At least I have the prospect of having someone to keep me warm to look forward to. Very soon now!

-Amyelia