Well, the clear-headedness has lasted at least one day, so that's a good thing. I still don't feel well, or necessarily happy, but the feeling is not blowing up into oppressive rumination. As of this morning it's just a lingering malaise with a stronger tinge of disappointment than depression. I'm certainly hoping this mindset continues to last for a while.
I'm still in touch with girlfriend #3-- she's the only one that I'm still friends with. She reminded me last night that she and I were actually together for less than a year, and that *she* dumped *me* for my being so impatient and unsympathetic. To be fair, I'm sure she's right. I was an awfully self-centered twentysomething. My memory of our time together is not as strong as it should be, and it makes sense that I would rewrite that history.
