okay, here's my obligatory "i can't believe it's already december" post.

I know I've said this with each passing month. But it's true. Time is moving ridiculously fast and I can't believe that we're entering the season of Advent, peppermint-themed drinks at Starbucks, and winter break. (On a side note -- the Starbucks here still use a wintry theme to decorate for Christmas, complete with snowflakes and snowmen and pine trees, even though it's summer in the southern hemisphere. It must suck to be a confused South American living in a world that has a northern bias.)

Until my plane lands in cold, miserable Baltimore, I'm going to keep living in denial and telling myself it must be July.