Hello, old friend

I have been in college for almost 4 full years now. I have written at least one, but most times, two or more term papers in a given semester. You might think that after that many times of working last minute, the wee hours of the morning, or afternoon prior to the start of the class it is due in, I would learn how to pace myself better.

Unfortunately, the lesson I have learned through these experiences is that:

A - very rarely is there a paper length or topic that is outside the realm of being completed in one night
(last semester I completed an 18 page paper in the course of one night.)

B - the more last minute a paper is done, the better I do on it
(one semester I made sure to get one term paper out of the way a week early to have time to do the other - the earlier one elicited a B, the one completed 4 hours prior to class received an A)

C - no amount of deprived sleep or frustration with an assignment outweighs my intent to procrastinate even worse on the next one

As such, it is 1 am the night before my biggest paper of the semester is due and I am about halfway through it, still needing about 10 more pages before I can rest. It's been a few months, but me and 5 am are about to become reacquainted.