Oh my goodness! I never thought it could be true, but it is! It is sooooo cold here!!!

This summer everyone was adamant that the winter here would be cold. But I had a hard time believing them. I mean the temperatures in the summer were in the 100s with 100 percent humidity. And it was like that all the way through October. Come on! There is no way it could get cold here.

The temperature started to drop to the low 90s/high 80s and the locals are breaking out their winter parkas. Seriously? That weather is awesome! This made it hard to think it got colder because I don't know how they will survive if they are wearing parkas in 80 degree weather.

Then in November and December the weather dropped to the low 60s/high 50s. Back in the States that is my favorite weather, but here I have to agree that it's cold! It pained me to say that it was cold because seriously it's not even below 50! But I will say the temperature is different here. Since it is so humid the temperature is more like the temperature of a swimming pool. No one likes swimming in a pool that is below 60 degrees!

I broke out my jackets for this weather. I actually enjoy jacket season. But this week I had to break out my big winter coat. Yup! Today has been the coldest day I have experienced here. Today the high was 39 degrees! Yeah I know everyone back home is enjoying temperatures in the teens, but trust me it's cold here too!!!

Also our apartment doesn't have heat so it's basically like living in an icebox. I don't want to wake up in the mornings and leave my toasty bed. I could take a nice hot shower but my hot water only lasts for 8 minutes and usually I am in the middle of washing out conditioner when the water turns ice cold (and it's really hard to get warm once you've had an ice cold shower).

I can't wait til February 4th when we will be in sunny Australia. Thankfully Australia is experiencing the opposite season! Looking forward to the warm weather!