Frown...

Except for this:

Today at mentoring, our activities centered around two of the mentors who are getting married (not to each other). There was a wedding Mad Lib, which was really, really funny. One of the kids I mentor, Mason, asked, "Hey Chessie! Are you married yet?"

I laughed and said, "Nope, I'm not married." 

He said, "Oh."

Which made me frown and say, "Should I be married?!" just to see what he would say. Seventh graders are funny that way.

Mason said, "No. You should finish college first. That's what my mom says. People should finish college before they get married."

So I said, "Mason, your mom is a smart lady. You let her know that your mentor agrees with her."

Then we had a quiz about the two mentors that were getting married. And the first question was, "Who is the bride?"

One of the other boys, Aspen (whose greatest difficulty is deciding which girl to choose "because there are just so many cute girls"), shouted out, "It's Chessie!" 

Mason hollered back, "No she's not! Chessie has to finish college before she gets married!"

So there you have it. I can't get married until I finish college.

Hahaha!

Today has been:

:(

Which is really bad since my lesson for Family Home Evening was about making the best of everything and being happy. Oh man.

I have a midterm tomorrow and Thursday. Study group for Thursday's test is tonight. Poetry journals are due on Thursday. Still have two entries to catch up on. Need to study for midterm tomorrow. Haven't done it. I need to volunteer two hours this week in order to write my paper that is due the first day back from spring break. Would've had a ten-page paper due the week after spring break but today my professor pushed the deadline to March 31. I called out, "Oh! God bless your heart!" and everybody laughed. (They were all totally thinking it.) Then I have a critical essay and a presentation on an entire collection of poetry due on the 31st as well. 

Oh sweet, merciful heavens above...

I might die.

I just really want something exciting to happen to me. It might make all of this trouble worth going through.

I'm just tired. Mind, body, and soul.

How do I wake up from something like this?