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19. A couple of things to add from my rough days

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 04:33 PM

Jan 2015

Cafeteria coffee lines were a good bet. You could fill a cup of coffee at one spot, drink as much as possible before getting to the cream so there was more room for the nutritious cream.

A almost full cup of cream for .25 was a live saver.

I worked in college as a bartender and could eat one meal at work. Two days off might mean two days without food. Neighbors and friends were a huge lifeline.

I almost quit school a few times thinking I couldn't get keep living like that up, but made it.

I still remember the coffee trick though.

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