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A Night In The Life Of A College Student With A Deadline

Is the clock moving faster now?

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5:00 p.m.

Okay, I have seven hours to complete my assignment, I can do this. Also, why do they always make it due at 11:59 p.m.? What is significant about that time? Right, the assignment. There really is not a whole lot to this assignment. Just a little bit of research, some writing, and proofreading to make sure I make sense. Or at least where I think I make sense, I know the professor thinks I am stupid. I got this though.

6:00 p.m.

Alright, got the research part done, and it is about dinner time, so I should eat. There is no reason I should continue working on an assignment on an empty stomach. Ooo, I can't believe I did not see this Hamburger Helper before, no Ramen noodles for me tonight. I knew I bought that ground beef for a reason, I just got to try to forget everything I learned in Food Microbiology about the bacteria that can be in it.

6:45 p.m.

Well now that I am done cooking, time to eat! It should not hurt to watch a few episodes of a new show tonight. I have never seen "The Office" before, so I might as well start it. Especially when there seem to be thousand of Odyssey articles on this show. It must be good right?

8:00 p.m.

I CANNOT BELIEVE I WATCH A WHOLE SEASON. I need to finish this assignment. It is entertaining though, why haven't I watched this before. Maybe I can get away with it playing in the background during the writing portion of my assignment.

8:30 p.m.

I cannot believe that Micheal just ran through the building during the fire, think about the children! I'm getting distracted again. Focus, focus. Oh, my Instagram is blowing up, what is going on? Nothing interesting, back to writing. I can do this.

9:00 p.m.

I'm craving something sweet now. Maybe it's stress, but I think I should get something. I deserve it, I've written a little bit so far. A small break will not hurt. I should probably do a rice cake with some peanut butter and bananas. That sounds like brain food to get me thinking. It is too late for coffee, or is it? I need sleep tonight, that 8:30 a.m. class has no chill.

9:45 p.m.

I cannot keep a train of thought going. Everything just seems to suck. Why do I do this to myself? I could have been a good student and completed the assignment early. But no, I decided to watch the Marble Olympics on Youtube. Go Oceanics!

10:30 p.m.

Okay, I am finally getting something. It's all coming together now, I can feel it. I'm like the next Shakespeare, but for molecular biology. I got this. Wait, quick bathroom break. Okay, you know, let me clean the dishes that way when I finish this assignment, I can go straight to bed.

11:00 p.m.

Okay, I am just internally freaking out. Time to go into hyperdrive. TV off, phone in jail, just me and this paper. This is the home stretch. I can do this. I can do this.

11:30 p.m.

I don't know if I can make this. It is time to write my will. I give everything I own to that spider that I lost in my apartment a month ago. It can have it all.

11:45 p.m.

I don't have time to properly proofread this. Grammarly it is! Thank goodness for these people. I love you Grammarly. Also, I am glad I am not an English major, I would do awful.

11:50 p.m.

Okay, time to turn it in. I gave it my best. Time to just upload...File type not supported? What do you mean file type not supported? This is just a Word document. What do you mean file type not supported? Google, quick help.

11:58 p.m.

It's submitted. It's done. I did it.

12:00 a.m.

Wait, did I change my joke title? Well, it is too late now. I need to make sure I start on my next assignment early. I can't keep doing this to myself. Crap, I forgot I have another assignment due tomorrow. I'll start first thing in the morning, I need to sleep after this one.

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