Hello to those in the universe! I know I know it has been WAY too long and you have missed my updates terribly! It’s ok I know it’s been hard, but I am here now to give you that which you most desire… an update about ME! What do you mean you don’t live for these updates? They don’t make your day? Well damn! I was so hopeful! 🙂 Well you’re going to see it anyway! That doesn’t mean you have to read it, but you have at least seen it if you have read to this part. Gotchya! Nanner, Nanner, Nanner!!!
So I have started in the kitchen! I am driving from Colorado Springs to Denver three times a week! The drive is hell and I’m always tired, but the classes are worth it! I love what I am doing! It is seriously taking some getting used to , but I am working through it! I have found a wonderful lady to watch the daughter and the husband has been mostly supportive of everything. He has his moments but I love him! I am taking three classes this quarter, Speech, Concepts and Theories of Culinary Techniques, and Fundamantals of Culinary Techniques. Speech is ok, but scary! We had to give a demonstration speech, I did mine on how to make a chalkboard! It was ok, rather scary but I got through it. I’m worried my grade is low for it though. I’m trying really hard to keep my “DEAN’S HONOR ROLL” status!
My Concepts and Theories class is awesome, it’s where we talk about what we are going to do in the Fundamentals class that week and Fundamentals is where we actually DO what we talked about! Fundamentals is my favorite! I got cut the first day, but its all good, I’m having so much fun!
We made stock the FIRST day of class!! It smelled soooo good!! Then this week I made mayonnaise! By HAND!! I also made Hollandaise! By Hand! It was awesome! Even though my wrist and arm feel like they were the ones beaten as opposed to the eggs. I also made Espgnole the other day. I tried to turn it in to Demi-Glace yesterday but it took too long to get to it. I was stuck washing dishes for what felt like hours, but was probably only an hour and a half. There were a lot of what e call “Drive by’s” yesterday, where people just dropped their dishes and ran. I was just trying to clean up after the stock that my tables strained.
Homework is burying me. I feel like I have paper cuts all over my hands from all of the papers I have to write. I have to look up Vocab words and handwrite them, no typing, then I have to read the chapter and do the review questions for those chapters, then I have to take a class that isn’t even a class. It’s called Serve Safe and this way I get my license to actually work in the culinary field! It is all online and is actually a Sub Class for my Concepts and Theories class. So i guess technically I am in four classes, but it only counts as three. Weird…
Anyway then I have recipe cards to write out and laminate, journals to write for class, notes to re-write and organize, papers for speech to type up and get ready to print, theres just so much to do! I’m really enjoying it though, it is nice to be busy doing something for you instead of everyone else. This is how I’m going to succeed, so getting buried in homework is alright in my book!
I’m sure there is lots more to talk about, but I am tired and as you have seen, completely BURIED in homework. I have about 1/4 of my homework due next week done, but NONE of the homework that is due on Monday completed. I have to get BUSY!! Have fun everyone!!
Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. ― Mark Twain
Culinary Chick at Play 