Brain Food

I have this huge "Task" due today. That's what they call it: "Task 2." It's annoyingly big and useless and tedious.

I've been procrastinating completing it, completing more useless but easier "expected learning outcomes" as a way of avoiding it. However, there comes a time when even the most skilled procrastinator knows her time is up. So today I sat down at the computer at 9 a.m. and have been here almost ever since. I don't think I'll be meeting my personal record for assignment completion tonight.

The "almost" comes from the times that I got up to get something to eat, which was a lot of times. In the past twelve hours, I have eaten the following:

a strawberry banana smoothie
a glass of OJ
a handful of pretzels
a handful of granola
a few chips
a cookie
some more OJ
a bottle of water
another cookie and some more chips
another handful of pretzels
a tri-tip sandwich
grapefruit juice
another bottle of water
some more grapefruit juice
an entire bag of microwave popcorn
a half a pound of carrots
some more chips and a cookie
an M&M's ice cream bar
a bowl of pasta with cheese and beef
some more grapefruit juice

and about 3/4 of a pack of gum in an attempt to keep me from eating all of the above.

I'm currently contemplating a bowl of bananas and strawberries with whipped cream.

I started out strong, but it was that first handful of potato chips that did me in. I honestly think I ate more today than I have eaten all week. The scary part is that I actually still feel hungry.