Gee,

Don't worry about what you can't control. Everyone in business knows that Dec is a bad month. Nobody has any budget left, everyone is trying to get next years budgeting done or preparing year end evaluations/reports, etc. I know the last thing I think about in Dec is spending money on training.

Relax, wait for the new year, and go ride your butt off. It could be worse. You could live here where it is 15 deg today. The only thing I can do is freeze my butt off.