My mood is slowly improving... it is true that I should be able to be happy anywhere I am. It's internal. I am slowllllly making up my big sleep deficit, and that is probably the main thing that is helping. I slept almost 12 hours on Sunday, and have been getting decent amounts of sleep since. Realistically, it won't resolve overnight.

I really should have known better. I always thought sleep was important. My final paper in a class my last semester of college was about hormonal effects of sleep deprivation, and how that leads to increased appetite and fat deposition. My speech to my English class in 9th grade was about how I hated my alarm clock (I liked my work to be personally relevant ;)). I suffered chronic sleep deprivation headaches in high school, during the school year, until I started taking classes at the U of M. So I should know how sensitive I am to sleep deprivation.

It's sunny and warm here, I'm not sure how long that will last. But I'm off to Boston for the weekend! Should be great regardless of the weather.