I've meaning to write a blog for 2 weeks now, but I've probably spent a grand total of 2 hours on the computer in the past 2 weeks. Between school and studying and homework and spending time with Mark, I don't get on the computer much during the week. I think things will calm down somewhat as I get used to this schedule a little more. I have a 3 day weekend this weekend, which is really awesome. I love school, but I love having some time off, too!

So, about school. I'm loving the hell out of it. I feel like I'm getting better at some things - like retaining information from Chef's demos so that when I go into production, I'm looking at my notes less. I've done well on my tests so far - all A's. We have a practical test and a written test each Friday. The practical is, of course, production. We make 2 items that we've made that week for our test. We get the ingredients list with the measurements for each ingredient, but as far as the method, we can't refer to notes. We have to remember how to make it correctly from memory. For the practical, you can get a total off 200 points. 60 for each item you produce, 80 for safety and whatnot in the kitchen and 80 for preoffessionalism and things like that. So last week I got a 99 on my written and a 193 on my practical - my chocolate chip cookies were perfect, but my macaroons were a little less so. The taste and texture was great but the size wasn't uniform and there was al ittle too much jam on them. Yesterday's written test was more involved than last week's, and I don't know what I got yet, though I'm pretty certain it is in the high 90s. On my practical, I got a 198. My biscuits were very good, but they could have been a little flakier. As for my creme brulee, it was great! She actually wrote "Beautiful Creme Brulee" on my score sheet. I was so excited because I was a little worried about the creme brulee.

So, the main point is, I LOVE school and I'm doing really well. It's crazy - I'm not a fast person, and I can be a lazy person, too. But in the kitchen it's a different story. I'm fast, I'm focused, and I'm constantly moving. At the end of the night, my feet hurt and my back is sore, but the whole time I'm in production, I don't feel it one bit.

Amy is kicking ass, too. She's really talented. And she's fast and focused in there, too. It's so awesome, going to school with her. I feel like we each have some one there to motivate the other when we're maybe feeling tired or grumpy. And we each have a built in study partner :) Which I love. I fel more confident in my studying if I study with Amy. Like I feel like I retain the information better or something.

I guess I could go on for a really long time about how much I love school and how I finally feel like I'm really DOING something with myself, and how I feel like Amy and I are bad asses in the kitchen. But I think I've made that point LOL

So, I'm hoping that we can make it to Scarby, maybe for Memorial Day weekend.  I'll have a 3 day weekend then, which will be nice.  We totally missed Excal this year, which really sucked, and it made me sad.  I need to go to faire.  Badly.  So hopefully Scarby this year.  We'll see.

I'm being lazy this evening.  Yay!