An image from Heaven

A GIANT tres leches cake with a layer of fresh raspberries in the middles. The entire time I was making this I just wanted to face plant into it and eat ALL OF IT. And then die peacefully.

Volunteering

Last night I volunteered to work a catering event. It was in some ones home, and was a relatively small event, there was four of us working and "Chef" Todd (a graduate from Kendall, nice guy) I had a lot of fun and everything we served was really good. I wish I had some of that beef tenderloin right now...Anyhow, I really hope that I manage to get more of these opportunites because the experience is great.

I want to volunteer more in general. I usually have a really good time, I don't know why I don't do it more often. I think I am going to sign up to work on the Magnificent Mile Christmas lights. Maybe I can wrap a tree in lights and then brag to everybody that it is MY tree! I've also seen a few animal shelters around and I think maybe I might try to get back into that, especially if I can find a Humane Society since I already have my training paid for from them.

I'm supposed to be typing my resume right now, but my previous work experience is lame. Except for the work I did for my dads company, but that has nothing to do with my field now. Uuuugh. I still need a job. But no one wants to hire me, which I understand. Bad working hours, complete lack of culinary experience... :(

On the plus side, I should actually be recieving my loan money in the next 2-3 weeks!

Vacation

Went to Mexico.
It was awesome.
FORGOT ALL MY PICTURES!!!!! (except about 20)
Back to school.

Biscuits and Cookies

On Tuesdays this quarter I don't have class till 12:40 so I've been going in early to practice. Today I made spritz cookies and cinnamon biscuits. The cookies we're over mixed because I'm retarded and I forgot to add the vanilla so I had to add it at the last minute. And the biscuits...we'll I decided to experiment and add cinnamon but they just didn't come out right. I have yet to have a good batch of biscuits. Someday.
I can't believe it's only Tuesday. I had a pretty good day yesterday, but it just seems like everything is moving so slooowwlllyyy...Bleh.
But hey, at least we are done with Attorney General Gonzalez. That's worth a lot of bad biscuits!

I'm finally back!

AT&T has decided to grace us with their presence in the apartment again. So after a month of not having internet, I can finally access the world wide web from home.

The freshmen have arrived. They're everywhere. Clumps of them walking around, taking up the sidewalk and my seat on the bus. Bastards. One of them asked me which way was north or east. Oh well, I'll just have to wait for them to leave next summer.

Also, this weekend is Taste of Greece. During the day it isn't too bad. But at night it's just crazy. I had to literally push people out of my way to get to my apartment last night. This morning there was the tents were being used by homeless people as shelters. Actually, I should have kept an eye on that. I bet when the real owners of the tents showed up it turned into a showdown.

AT&T SUCKS!

Ok, lack of posting is due to lack of internet. AKA I have no internet at the apartment. I'm going to have to actually cancel my account with AT&T soon. Blegh. But someday this will be a current blog. Someday.

For some reason I can't type in a title... :\ weird. Just for the record it would have been "AT&T is EVIL!"

That is to say, I have zero internet at the apartment. Which just plain sucks. Espeacially because I have actually ad a lot of things I want to say here. And right now I just don't have the energy to type it all up into one giant post. Maybe some other time.

Today was my first day of class! I'm going to put a picture on here eventually of me in my uniform. But since I havent had working internet I haven't taken a picture. I'll add it to my to-do list.

My class today was Pastry Theory and it's a "lecture class". Which basically means that I'm in a class room but it's much more interactive then a traditional class. We start on baker's math tomorrow. I think it should be relatively understandable at first (based on the first two chapters we had to read for homework) but I'm thinking it might get a bit frustrating not to far in. Bleh. At least with this math I know exactly where I'll be using it and it's very, very useful.

I have one main instructor for this entire quarter. (one for all my classes except for computer lab) Her name is Chef Melani or Chef Kelson, whichever we prefer. So far I think she's great. She seems to be very dedicated to her job and her students, believes firmly in discipline, and has a high respect for the field. Which makes me incredibly happy. But she's still a very nice woman and even cracks small jokes in class. So basically she's perfect. I'm going to need to remember this in a few weeks when I'm tired and stressed out.

I know there is so much more to say, but I need to get back to the apartment to iron my clothes for tomorrow and then some much needed sleep. yaaaaawn.