I have made it through 2 weeks of class! The only interesting thing to report... in my Product Identification class, I got to try rabbit and quail meat! Neither were that good, but it was fun to try something new! The final for that class will be to identify 75 different foods (ranging from produce, meats, spices, herbs, etc) by their taste or smell and I have to know the best way to prepare them and how to spell them correctly... it's like a quickfire challenge! A lot more fun to watch on television, so hopefully I can get most of them!
The month of October has been SO beautiful here! Most days are in the high 70s and it is nice and sunny. I have some pictures of all the fall leaves-I'm obsessed with how amazing it looks right now!! These were taken today...
On a walk with Jasmine, Lake Michigan on the left
Jasmine on the Boardwalk around the corner
Pretty trees!
Another major announcement... I am now employed!! I am working at Ryke's Bakery and Cafe (click the name to check out their website). Now, as many of you know I have had many jobs, thus many job interviews in my day. This one was the hardest one yet-seriously!! In addition to the face-to-face with the owner, I had to build and ice a cake to show my skills and there was 2 other girls going for same job, so we were all together in this mini-competition trying to ice a cake as fast as possible!! Even though I though mine wasn't very good, apparently is was good enough! My official job title is Cake Builder and Icer and this place makes hundreds of cakes a week, so I am going to become a pro at icing a cake (which is actually pretty hard to get right)! It is a great job to see the daily operations of a bakery and now I can make some friends! The only downfall is that while I am in training I have to be in at 4 am... yikes! Never had to be at work that early in my life, so I'm a little worried about that... but, hopefully my body will adjust. I am hoping that I will not have to work that early all the time, but that IS part of working in a bakery, so I might have to like it if I ever want to do something like it!!
I did get all of my stuff from LA yesterday, but am a LONG way from having everything unpacked and arranged. Plainly put, I have a lot of crap! I will have pictures soon of the final look (my goal is before the new year)!! =)
More to report soon... hope everyone is doing well...
Oh, Addy - such wonderful news about the job! I printed out the slaw recipe - it sounds so yummy and would be neat to take when we have "girls' night out" and play cards. I know they would all love it.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are simply beautiful. Fall is such an incredible season. Thanks for sharing Michigan with us. Keep up the great work - one day at a time! Just go to bed early - "early to bed, early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise!" What more could you ask?
Any chance of you getting to Columbus in the near future? I miss you!!!