{"id":660196,"date":"2010-02-10T09:26:22","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T14:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f84\/snow-sad-39263\/"},"modified":"2010-02-10T09:26:22","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T14:26:22","slug":"snow-and-sad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/660196","title":{"rendered":"Snow and SAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>02.09.10 07:26 PM<\/p>\n<p>Last week I was in Los Angeles. More specifically, I was sitting outside on a patio in Santa Monica with a view of the ocean. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.usa.gov\/roller\/govgab\/resource\/images\/plow.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>   This week? Well, things have been a hazy shade of winter. In case you haven&#8217;t heard, DC has had a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weather.gov\/\" > &quot;little&quot; snow<\/a> the past few days. The masses are beginning to get some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ireport.com\/map?topicId=347420&amp;center=39.061849,-77.156982&amp;zoom=8&amp;mapType=terrain&amp;hpt=Sbin\" >serious cabin fever<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>   While it&#8217;s normal to feel restless while cooped up, for some people it is more than a case of the winter blues.<\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.com\/health\/seasonal-affective-disorder\/DS00195\" >Season Affective Disorder (SAD)<\/a> is when lack of exposure to sunshine and not enough <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/news\/healthbeat\/2008\/01\/20080108a.html\" >vitamin D<\/a> cause people to get depressed and unhealthily sluggish.<\/p>\n<p>   Treatments are available, and if you&#8217;re feeling exceptionally bummed during this time of year you should consult your doctor. They may suggest installing special light boxes throughout your home, or medication.<\/p>\n<p>   While <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.gov\/Citizen\/Topics\/Environment_Agriculture\/Climate.shtml\" >waiting for the next ten inches to hit our area,<\/a> I&#8217;m seriously considering a career-path that requires me to be in Hawaii. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.usa.gov\/roller\/govgab\/entry\/snow_and_sad\" >Gov Gab: Your U.S. Government Blog &#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>02.09.10 07:26 PM Last week I was in Los Angeles. More specifically, I was sitting outside on a patio in Santa Monica with a view of the ocean. This week? Well, things have been a hazy shade of winter. In case you haven&#8217;t heard, DC has had a &quot;little&quot; snow the past few days. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2998,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-660196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2LKk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2998"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}