Today was long and exhausting and possibly the greatest day I have had in a long long while. It was the first day of the Illinois State High School Tournament. AND IT WAS AWESOME!!! After spending forever planning this, I am happy to report that day one went smoothly. A lot of credit for that goes to my undergraduate mock trial students, who showed up like bosses and did everything I asked of them the day after Unofficial St. Patrick's Day. My students get shit done! I am so proud of them.
We also had some amazing attorney volunteers who came from all over Illinois to help make the tournament happen.
Oh, right, and I almost made it through the day vegan. My only slip-up was in the afternoon when I realized that I hadn't eaten lunch yet and so I reached for a handful of chips. I unfortunately grabbed the Harvest Cheddar chips. Instead of being an asshole and not chewing them, I ate them all up. And then I switched to plain old Ruffles wavy chips.
At dinner, though, with some attorneys and a very mock trial enthusiastic judge I got a veggie burger loaded with even more veggies and drank about 100 cups of water. I also didn't drink much water today. But despite being underfed and slightly dehydrated, I had the most amazing day ever. Big things are in the works, folks! I can only pray that they come through. If they do, be prepared to face Mega Overly Happy Maybe Exploding Marley.
It will be epic.
But for now, I need to actually sleep before Day 2 of trials.
GO MOCK!!!!!
Love to all,
Marley.
