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Grad school at MSU some 17 years ago... going for the History MA.

Sunday night, 6 p.m-ish... After running by Gooch's Deli to get (and eat) a sandwich, I start work on a 20-page paper due Monday (I think Confederate diplomacy, but I can't remember since it had nothing to do with my thesis topic). I also have another 20-page paper due Wednesday (on the timber industry-- I remember that one since my thesis was economic in nature and the prof was my major advisor, Scott).

I finish the Monday paper a little after midnight. It helps that I had all my research (checked out books, photocopied journal articles) on hand, and I figure what the heck, I'll work on the Wednesday paper too. I knew the information and could work on it quicker.

I start work and begin to feel a little under the weather. I figure it's just because I'm doing an all-nighter. I finish it around 5:30 a.m.

I take a shower and get ready to go to class. My first class is the one where the paper is due Wednesday. I hand the paper to Scott and sit down to take notes. When I take notes, my handwriting goes haywire.

After class, I go to the cafeteria and relax. I try to eat, but can't eat much. I go to my next class-- the one with the paper due on Monday. I turn it in. I try to take notes, but take them badly. I go to my dorm room and try to rest, but later become quite ill.

I had gotten food poisoning from that sandwich I'd had Sunday. From what I understand, it was bad mayonnaise.

But still, even under the initial effects of food poisoning, I wrote two 20+-page papers, and was awarded an A for each one. Thank goodness I had no Tuesday-Thursday classes.