CountryMouse's Refuge

So after I took down the Christmas decorations, including the little string of coloured lights in the bedroom, I was doing okay. There were still the clear lights up across the street that someone kept up past Candlemas. It was always cheery to look out the window and see them, no matter the time or weather.

This afternoon I was feeling happy: my eyes were better, it was sunny, I finished my Zombie Hat, I knitted some on Cat'r's square coaster, and generally things felt better. :-)

Then sundown approached and the colour started fading out of the sky. Ever since last fall I have been having that really depressed feeling when it gets towards sundown. I have no idea why. I can't remember ever feeling this way before in my life.

So I finally put up the other string of lights that Bunnicula bought for me when he got the coloured lights: these are frosted white lights, but they give off an almost blue light. They look blue in photos (which I hope to get up *some*time). I like the coloured lights better, but those are going to be just for Christmastime. I can have these plain ones up the rest of the year. :-)

Have I developed a mild case of SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)?