brrrr

This has been the coldest week of my life in melbourne and I'm not too happy about it.
I've reviewed my previous post where I described my feelings about a week in queensland as 'mixed'....well I'm over it. I'm thrilled to be going to the warm sunshine for 7 days. Anything to get me out of the cold....brrrr

Well, it's finally happening! I'm going to do my student teaching at the end of the month in Queensland, since I couldn't find a place in Melbourne to do it. I have mixed feelings about this, it'll be nice to get it done and I do have some girlfriends I'll get to see, which is sweet. But, I don't like having to go away and spend $$ I don't have on a non-vacation. On the other hand, autumn/winter is descending upon Melbourne and its always sunny in qld!!

Proper autumn (its not fall here!) takes so long and the 'nasty' seasons are so short I'd forgotten what its like to wake up to the sound of the wicked witch of the west landing on your house.....this morning I was reminded. This wind is fierce! ick...and its going to be like this until august....gross.

The thing that really sucks about melbourne winter is that it isn't especially cold, just cold enough to be really uncomfortable, not cold enough to freeze. And all it does is rain, rain, rain. Does anyone remember the Winnie-the-Pooh story of the blustery day where piglet gets stuck in a honey pot and the hundred acre woods floods? (I work with kids, remember?) That is what melbourne winter is like, except, they don't collect the water and as its pouring rain for months they tell us we're in a drought....grrr.....