There will be a full moon this Christmas Day – whatever one things in regards to full moons/behaviors etc I can tell you that I am always aware when there is one – usually by means of Housekeepers reporting less than idyllic resident behaviors!!  This being said everyone is surviving the silly season. We currently  have 88 of our 89 rooms full – just one female vacancy at Romana going spare at the present time.

Our houses have been INUNDATED with food and pressies this year – this happens every year – but not to the extent it has occurred in 2015. People are increasingly generous to Servants. Of all the generosity that has come our way this Christmas season it was perhaps the food gifts that came via our friends at Berry Street that were perhaps the most eye-opening. The quality and quantity of food delivered for the 3 houses was incredible. Yesterday Josh F dropped off his Giving Tree goodies to us – clothes/crockery/baby formula (!!)/various foodstuffs/blankets/gift cards et al. Today I picked up the cheques that had been written to Servants c/o The Giving Tree – $6500 in total. All very handy. A handful of other donations have arrived too – about $500 in total.

Hamer Court today saw Phase 1 of the new alcohol rules come into play. As of midday today residents are welcome to consume alcohol within the privacy of their own rooms but not in any public areas. From 1st February 2016 there will be no consumption of alcohol on the premises.

Romana staff took possession of their new freezer yesterday – courtesy of our friends at The Sunshine Foundation. Sadly it arrived a little beaten up and damaged.

Last Wednesday the Carrical car park became the venue for a sit down bbq dinner for the Carrical resos and members of Rotary Club of Yarra Bend. It involved some logistical challenges but was an enormous success.

Short of something  dramatic occurring within The Wonderful World of Servants in the next 31.5 hours that desperately requires Heartbeating this will be my last Heartbeat pre-Christmas. Thank you for reading my updates throughout the year and an even bigger thanks to those who have replied/commented. I find these tremendously encouraging.

Matt.