Fall Summary : October

In early October there was a typhoon!
 

Nobody here called it by any name but I guess it's name was Melor, and it was only a category 1 by the time it hit Japan. It landed not super close to here, but still close enough that we had crazy strong winds and all kinds of weird debris on our balcony, and some places around town lost power. Our power was fine all night, but the loud winds kept me awake and freaking out all night while Tim slept like a baby. It was frustrating for me not to be able to watch the news reports, or rather--not being able to understand the news reports, but there were no major problems, and Tim did his best to summarize the weather reports for me when they were over.

Our friends had a Halloween party, I suspect solely for our benefit, which is funny because Tim and I had never spent a Halloween together until we came to Japan since we were always working. It was a very fun night though, there was a huge meal and alot of candy for the kids, so I think everyone enjoyed themselves.