its back to normal, already. dang it....
I know the feeling. For the last three years I have dropped the level in my 20 +- foot pond about seven feet.
We've had really wet fall and winter weather all of this time, and except for removing some unwanted "cover" it has filled up so fast we've not been able to place cover, have enough low temperatures to kill weed seed, let the biggun eat the smalluns in previously deep water where there is no cover to protect the littleuns, etc.
Bing