It's Fall...Already Past the Equinox, and Definitely SAD Weather

Ah, the crisp short days of fall.  It's now cold, and I get stuck behind the school bus if I've got a late morning at the hospital...It's the time of year where I won't ever see it being light before I'm at work again until approximately next May, at the end of the academic year.  The last few days have left me dragging a bit.  Not to the point that I am in tears, but the fact that I have had a hard time getting motivated to do anything until about 5:00 PM.  I've tried coffee, light, exercise, antidepressants and more, but I figure it's going to take a few more days before it all has an effect.  I start super early mornings on Monday and will be leaving the house long before the sun is up. 

Shifting my body clock again is going to be a struggle.  I hope to avoid the general blah feeling that I seem to go through every winter.  I've actually been fighting it off and on since the end of July.  I was really good for a while about going outside and exercising for about an hour, but then I've slipped back into my old habits.  When I am at the hospital though, I do have to walk downtown to catch the bus, so I know I'm forced to get some additional exercise.

Junk food is too constant of a companion and forcing myself back on a schedule I can only imagine will help.