Learning to Say "No"

The Red Cross has called four times in the past 3 days seeking my help as a counselor with the Hurricane Rita evacuees.

Seeing as how I have:

1. A Comment deadline in a week and a half;

2. A mid-term in Commercial Law next week; AND

3. Tutoring this week;

And remembering the lecture from Prof. Research about not over-extending oneself . . .

I couldn't tell them, "no." I mean, they are the Red Cross.

So I just told them I died. Or, in the alternative, I flunked out of law school and moved away.

That was so much easier.