Hi. Australia. My oldest is there for a year at Griffith in Brissie and has been in shock over the rain. It was supposed to be unbearably hot! Sometimes the best thing for quilting doldrums is just to leave it, go have coffee with a friend, go window shopping at stores you never get to, exchange some mags with another quilter just for fun, walk off some of the Christmas indulgance even if you have to go to an undercover mall. Hope it gets better for you.