"And presenting myself to checkers and stuff at the store as to how great everythings going. Like they say "How are you?" and I respond with something dorkish like " Icouldn't be better, life is great, how are you?" "
Uh...yeah. I sorta do that, too. I think, in my case, it comes from feeling so good after feeling so bad for so long. I find that I'm disgustingly chipper. The checker at the Giant Market probably thiks I'm a loon.