So I guess I was depressed for the whole month of November there. It wasn't an "OMG I want to die" kind of thing as much as I just felt really meh. Among other reasons, one thing that really got to me was the cold I had, which lasted more than three weeks. Sadly, in Japan, three weeks out of commission is enough to completely miss fall, so I feel like I've just jumped from summer to winter and skipped my favorite season entirely. It's bad enough that fall is only a few weeks long in Japan, despite Japanese people's constant bragging about how they have four seasons in Japan (unlike everyone else in the world); it's worse knowing that I wasted what little autumn there was moping around. But I'm actually feeling better now, for the most part, so maybe I can get back to writing more.


