denial

I am in denial ~

• that summer is ending
• that school is starting
• that LB is leaving
• that I will no longer be able to sleep in
• that I will no longer be able to stay up as late as I want
• that I cannot take off on a whim to go anywhere I want
• that soon I will be owned by 100+ students
• that my evenings at home will be spent responding to emails and correcting assignments
• that I haven't learned JAVA good enough
• that the days are getting shorter
• that fall is coming and my flowers will wither and die
• that I need to get a new furnace asap

de⋅ni⋅al  /dɪˈnaɪəl/ [di-nahy-uhl] –noun
1. an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false: Despite his denials, we knew he had taken the purse. The politician issued a denial of his opponent's charges.
2. refusal to believe a doctrine, theory, or the like.
3. disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing.
4. the refusal to satisfy a claim, request, desire, etc., or the refusal of a person making it.
5. refusal to recognize or acknowledge; a disowning or disavowal: the traitor's denial of his country; Peter's denial of Christ.
6. Law. refusal to acknowledge the validity of a claim, suit, or the like; a plea that denies allegations of fact in an adversary's plea: Although she sued for libel, he entered a general denial.
7. sacrifice of one's own wants or needs; self-denial.
8. Psychology. an unconscious defense mechanism used to reduce anxiety by denying thoughts, feelings, or facts that are consciously intolerable.

Here's for my very CONSCIOUS anxiety-reducing defense mechanism - denial.

Denial? Today you are my friend.