i done lost my food memory

i've been writing and thinking and teaching about (and eating) food a lot lately. so it keeps bringing to mind a conundrum i've pondered for a few years now: how the hell did i not starve to death in college?

i seriously do not remember how i fed myself on a day to day basis. i remember eating each of my meals in a fairly regular way before i left my parents house after high school, and ever since i moved into my first rental house in 2002, i've cooked, etc. a decent amount and otherwise bought my own groceries. however, during that middle period for about 3 years wherein i didn't have ready access to a grocery store or a kitchen...how the hell did i live?

i mean, sure, i remember pretty regularly getting breakfast or dinner or something with my friends. i remember my fair share of burrito runs, and pizza deliveries, and trying to turn midnight on-campus snack store food into a meal often enough, but not enough to account for EVERY SINGLE MEAL i ate for years. for some reason it just really unsettles me that i can't remember any of this.