Our fall/winter mini-depression: cloudy days in Cairo

I used to live in one of the rainiest countries in the world, and it never really bothered my mood, but here in Egypt, I’ve got so used to the sun, I guess, that if there’s more than one cloud in the sky, I feel down. Yesterday and today have been cloudy; I’ve turned on the heaters, made hot chai tea, put socks on and the Requiem in the CD player, turned on all the lights, and refuse to go outside. The boys, in fact all of us, are getting a lot of work done as we’re all curled up around the dinner table, with piles of papers, books, and computers growing by the hour. It’s like we’re having a miniature fall/winter for a couple of days - of course, only there’s no real fall or winter outside. Last night when I had to run a couple of errands, I threw a sweater on because I noticed the temperature goes down to under 15°C at night. That’s about it though; we’re not snowed in, it’s not dark 20 hours of the day, and it’s not like we have to get hats, mitts, scarves, fleeces, jackets, long-johns, socks, boots, and such on every morning and get to work through icy rain or snow. Those days, thank goodness, are behind (and probably also ahead of) us. For now, we’ll suffer through the Egyptian winter the expat way; with not much effort at all. We're so blessed.