Spring, In Disguise

It's officially spring tomorrow in Japan, but I really wouldn't have known it. My heater is still used daily, as well as my heavy coat and hot beverages. The one sign of spring has been all the pollen in the air, which has the ability to screw up my eyes and nose so much that I find myself to be barely functional. So I venture out of the apartment and into the pollen-filled wind, my face covered by a cough mask or glasses, depending on which I want to protect. If I use both, the glasses fog up and I can't see a thing. I have been taking an antihistamine before bed, which knocks me out well and good, but sometimes they don't last throughout the next day. For some reason I think this is my first experience with seasonal allergies, so it's all trial and error at this point.