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@mattblaze And take care of your students, both your advisees and classroom students. I've heard some truly horrific stories to accompany requests for short extensions on something. My response is always the same: take care of yourself, don't worry about the deadline, I'll do everything I can to support you if you have to appeal to the dean's office for an exception, and TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF—that's far more important than an arbitrary academic deadline. On more than one occasion, a student has asked for a one week extension due to a family tragedy that I knew was going to require them to get an Incomplete while they processed what happened and grieved—and I made sure that the dean's office knew how strongly I supported the request. People are important. Family is important. Close friends are important. Academic work? Much less so—and apart from anything else, you can't possibly do good academic work when your head and your heart are elsewhere.
I can't make their pain go away. I can make sure I don't add to it.