[ The first time I saw my mom cry I immediately wanted to leave the room, miss VP never thought she would be on the other side of this and she also doesn't know what to do besides scrub her eyes and try to smile and will her nose to stop running. It's a good thing she keeps a box of tissues on her desk; she goes through them. ]

No, I'm not upset! It's quite the opposite— these are happy tears...

[ happy snot... okay she's going to blow her nose, she can't help that crying makes her nose run ]

This is embarrassing... I at least want to seem like I have my act together in front of my students.