Chrismas Spirit

This week's weather forecast in Perth, Australia: Fine and sunny, ranging in the mid to high 30s. I'm sitting here in my room, sweating perfusely wishing that we had A/C in our house.

It may not feel or look like Christmas around here but signs of Christmas are evident, even if you have to use a magnify glass to find it. The hype and excitement is definitely not as big over here. I miss the Christmas lights outside most houses and Christmas decorations every where you turn. There's not a lot of it but they do pop up, it has much more of an impact. I took the bus to clinics the other day and when I got on the bus, the first thing I heard were Christmas songs playing over the sound system. The entire bus was decorated with fake snow, spray on snow on the windows, santas and reindeers on the dashboard, and even Christmas lights hanging on the ceiling. Doesn't that suck up all the battery of the bus??? Anyways, it was pretty cool but the songs kinda got annoying after almost an hour on the bus. Maybe if the driver had used more of the classic traditional songs and not high pitched children singing the same verse over and over again. In any case, I wish I had my camera that day.