It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas

I'm weak. I gave in. I succombed to the pressure. I hang my head in shame.

I broke out the Christmas music on Saturday.

But, I have good reason. My thought process was that I only have three more weeks here before heading home for the holidays, and probably won't be taking any music with me (as I don't have an mp3 player), so I decided to start listening to my collection now since otherwise it probably wouldn't be heard this season. It's a little early, but I guess it's not too bad.

Just as last year, there will be no Thanksgiving celebrated at this end. I'll be working. It's one of those rare (and rather unpleasant) occurrences where everyone back home has the day off and I don't. That's no fun. Oddly enough, I don't seem to mind when it's the other way around, though. But I suppose I'll survive… Those four weeks I have off next month will help me get through the pain.

I got to work this morning, and THEN noticed my pants were unzipped. Hmm…that explains why it seemed extra drafty... Not to mention the (over)abundance of smiles I received this morning (I knew it couldn't be that Germans suddenly became overly friendly!).

Speaking of drafts, it's cold in the office. Back in the summer, the trainee who was sitting next to me had the task of finding additional cost saving measures for the division, and one of the ideas he was working on was the effect of altering the office temperature one degree in either direction. Now, I don't believe anything came of it, and he has since moved on to a rotation in Mexico, but I've really begun to wonder because the office has been quite chilly. They're probably just holding off on the heat as we're still reaching the 50s for daytime highs. I should bring a blanket to work tomorrow and wrap myself in it. That would be great. I think I'll add earmuffs and a scarf to the mix, too. And mittens, although it might be hard to type wearing them.