Grading jail

I've got lots of posts planned in my head, waiting to be typed when I turn in my grades. The three hours of sleep I got last night are unfortunately hindering my ability to think straight and I made a bunch of errors on the scantron key, which is slowing down the whole process. I guess the good thing is that I wasn't the one writhing in stomach (?) pain last night, just the one dealing with it. I wonder what we ate.

/incoherency

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