Some things

• We had our work Christmas dinner last night, which confirmed I work in the weirdest place ever.  More on that in another post.

• I am still sick.  Of course.  I am mostly just coughing now, which is fine with me since I don't actually FEEL sick.  Until I lie down to go to bed at night, then all the congestion hits me and I cough until 3 am.  Yay!  I'm still hopeful that I can shake this by next week.

• Oh, yeah ... next week at this time I will be home, sleeping in my Chicago bed.  Can't wait.

• It is hard for it to feel like Christmas when it's 60 degrees outside.  How do people in warm and temperate climates ever know what time of year it is?  Because it's pretty much felt like April since I got here.  Except for those few hot days in the summer.  The only real difference is the amount of daylight we have.  And the fact that it is super windy and there are incredible crazy, crazy waves.  Crazy as in 1-2 stories tall. 

• To counteract the whole "doesn't feel like Christmas" thing, I've started listening to Christmas music while working.  Since music affects my dreams, I've been having crazy Christmas dreams. 

• Keep thinking good thoughts/saying prayers/etc. about job stuff.  News will continue rolling in until Christmas, then I get a week to breathe before more waiting.  As everyone who knows me knows, I am not a patient person, so this whole waiting thing is really the pits.  I'm still hopeful, though!