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lately the weather has been

...not-so-good, and especially with the sun setting so early, seasonal depression has been kicking in full-time. I've been taking my vitamin D placebo religiously, but nothing so far is getting me out of my DC hangover.

thanksgiving week

has always been a 5-day weekend for me, but this year will be my first 4-day Thanksgiving weekend. I decided not to use my remaining 38 hours of PTO for taking the Wednesday of Thanksgiving week off, but instead on half-day Fridays for the rest of this year.

i feel like

my SOP is missing something, and I know what it is, I just don't know how to articulate it in words. I want to let my draft marinate for a couple of days, but I feel so rushed to have a draft that I can share next week at the latest with my professors, whom I plan to request my letters of recs.

how long

will the hangover last? Do I even want it to end?

Ael