Thoughts/conversations while studying...

Me: It always surprises me how much calmer I get once I sit down and start studying.
Classmate: either that... or the Valium we slipped into your coffee mug.

I find it disturbing how my sense of "food hygiene" deteriorates during exam time. My classmates and I are way more likely to scavenge leftover food from meetings even if we don't know who it belonged to and how long its been sitting there. And the other day we found a half eaten package of cheerios mix.. and by the end of the day, we had convinced ourselves it was okay to eat. ew.

Inevitably, on any given evening of intense studying, one of the crew is bound to complain about being there, night after night.. which will inevitably lead to someone remarking "what, you have something else better to do?" and then the sad realization for most of us that while we don't like studying.. at least we're slaving through it with our friends. And it's allowed us to postpone making major life decisions for just a few more years.