Return of the Paper of Doom (and here you never knew it left!)

[penmage]

Okaaaay . . . remember how the paper was due at 9am today? So. I was up till 6am writing, and then I finally decided I didn't care anymore, and I went to sleep for 2 hours, with plans to get up around 8ish. A quarter to nine, my friend Devorah (who's also been up till all hours - 6:45, to be exact - writing the same paper) shakes me awake, asking me if I'm planning to go to class. I wake up with a start - I still need to print the paper, being that I didn't want to wake my roomates by using Sara's printer in the wee hours. So, not having a disk, I email the file to myself and download it on Sara's computer - only to find that Sara's computer doesn't have my hebrew fonts. I desperatly try to install my fonts onto Sara's computer. I fail miserably. I'm tearing my hair out, still in my pajamas, class starting in 5 minutes. I send Devorah off to class and decide that I'll throw myself on the teacher's mercyand beg him to let me get it to him by the end of the day, swearing that somehow, somehow, I'll make the thing print if I have to do it with my teeth. I throw on clothes and run to class, amazingly only fifteen minutes late. I slide into my seat, very noticably late (as there are 9 of us in the class) and Devorah, sitting in front of me, whispers "We have to hand it in on Wednesday."

Wednesday? Wednesday?!?!? My eyes bug, I feel a wave of distinct hysteria coming on. We spend the next half hour of class discussing proper academic format and I learn more and morehow messed up my footnotes are.

The thing's due Wedensday, now. Because one or two people weren't ready to hand it in. Very nice of the teacher, but it means I'll be up all night Tuesday night. I refuse to work on it any more tonight. I'm convinced I'll be up till 7am on Tuesday night. I mean, Thursday it was 4:30, Saturday night was 5:00, last night was 6:00, it can only get worse. And my paper is saying nothing, and saying it badly, and I feel like I'm wandering blindly in the dark feeling my way by touching objects that keep changing shape, but at least I was done, and now I'm not, and I have to work on it some more.

At least I'm not the only one. Nearly everyone else in the class was also uip till some hour around 6. Devorah and I kept calling each other, but I only have reception in my room, not in the hallway, so I'd answer her call, go into the hall to talk, lose the signal, and take the elevator to the seventh floor to say hi. And then go right back down again.

And I'm keeping my eyes open by sheer force of will. I'm not going to make it through the day, I know it.

On the brightside, I have a NaNoNY meeting tonight, trying a new place. Looking forward to that. If I can make it till then without collapse.

Deargod.

Comments

[octoberdreaming.livejournal.com]

Oh, the joys of academic life... NOT...
*hugs*
Good for you for hanging in there and being determined and not giving up. :D

[peartreealley.livejournal.com]

I get to write an essay on Minoan and Mycenean octopus pots tonight. Have fun at your NaNo meeting. Ours isn't until this Sunday. Very nervous am I.

*falls over from sickness and lack of sleep*

[penmage.livejournal.com]

::raises eyebrow::

Minoan and Mycenean octopus pots? Chee, what are they teaching you in that school? ::winks::

And, I'm sure your meeting will be lovely. Mine are. My only regret is that I can only go once a week instead of twice.

And, feel better! And get some sleep! (heh. hear me talk.)

[fireborn.livejournal.com]

Doomed, party of one, your table is ready...


o.-

[penmage.livejournal.com]

::slumps into the chair::

Coffee. Please. With extra caffeine.

[cerberus.livejournal.com]

Ack! *patpats the poor sleepy mage*

[jaenanda.livejournal.com]

::hugs:: poor dear. I've been there. I'm sure your paper will be excellent once you just hammer out the bends in it-- after all, you're an exceptionally talented writer. Footnotes and other formatting stuff is real tricky, but it seems like you've got the bulk of the hardest work out of the way. I know you'll do excellently.