Aargh.

Note to self: Don't watch vaguely romantic movies after midnight. feh.

So, it's taken a while, but I'm slowly settling in here in Tottori prefecture. Not much to do around here, but that's okay, since I don't have as much money as I used to. (The new job doesn't pay as well as JET, but that's only to be expected, actually. This job actually pays quite well for jobs like this. JET is in a separate category of its own...)

Still, it gets kind of dull at times. And cold. (definitely not like Kagoshima.) So, I'm glad that there's a video rental place that's actually within reach for me here. By bus, that is. Although, I've spent enough time wandering around in the cold wet (it does snow occasionally here) that I've picked up a cold now and then.

Actually, because of that, I have had my first experience visiting a doctor in Japan. The last time I had a noticeably bad cold, my boss started nagging me to go to the hospital. Not as bad as it sounds -- in this case, hospital can also mean clinic. Anyway, I told my boss that I didn't really need to see a doctor, I could just go to the drug store and pick up the same cold meds I always get (there's an analgesic, a decongestant, and some sort of powder in the standard "cold meds" pack). But no, you've got your national insurance card, so go. >sigh< So, I went to the clinic, and started filling out forms. Fortunately one of my students was a receptionist there, and she helped me out. After waiting for a couple of hours (really) in the lobby, the doctor saw me. He asked a few questions to make sure I didn't have the flu, and then he gave me --

-- an analgesic, a decongestant, and some sort of powder. Same price as the drugstore, too. Oh well. I 'm gonna get billed for the visit, too...

yes, this was aimless rambling. Got a problem with that? (^_^)