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[terrorlynn]

I'd post pictures, but I dont have enough photographic ability to convey my fear. First week of culinary school, done. Its going to be very hard, and very fun. My excitement and passion for food are at an all time high

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[uncle_twitchy]

Nature of the business, I'm afraid, sweetie. To do what you want to do, you'll need to open up your own restaurant... or become the head cook in a small family restaurant, like Vitale's here in Macomb (the head cook there married into the family -- he graduated the top of his class at a New York cooking school, which is why the food at Vitale's is usually so damned good and the specials are always worth trying).

[terrorlynn]

Well, I certainly understand that no job will be perfect until it is a job I've created myself. However, this job was marketed as a COOKING position. Not a pan changer position, not a can opener position...so what I think Im going to do is keep an eye open and an ear to the ground for a job that is better suited to me, while staying here. The pay is good, and most of the coworkers are nice. It could be way worse.

[rinifer]

It's easiest to find a job when you already have one. Start looking around to see if there's something you'd like better. Look at postings at school. Talk to instructors and see where they'd recommend looking. Good luck. :)

P.S. Don't waste your time moving up to line person or whatever if you *hate* your job, k?

[terrorlynn]

Yeah, thats probably what Im going to do. Seems like a safe idea :).

And I will just continue to kick ass. No real attempts to advance, but maintaining my awesome. That way, if I need a reference out of this job, they have something to go on. And i dont HATE the job, im just disappointed in it.

[cindyloohoo]

I really don't want to butt in here, but have you thought about business school if you want to open your own restaurant? With cooking classes on the side

[terrorlynn]

I'm planning to take business classes over the next few years, as Travis and I would like to open our own place years down the road. However, I'm very lucky in the fact that my entire culinary education will cost me about $3,000. Hooray for an excellent community college!

And even as frustrated as I am with this job, I'm nowhere NEAR as unhappy as I've been in years past. I just want to be happier. I dont see the point in just floating along in life if I can help it.

[cindyloohoo]

I didn't realize that you were going to culinary school at a community college. I didn't even know that community colleges offered culinary classes. At least mine didn't. Shows what I know. I'll keep my big nose out of your business.

I'm glad you're happy. Before I found you on facebook, I wondered about you and how you were doing. As much as Campus Life drained my will to live, our small group was fun. :)

[terrorlynn]

Remember the Squishy Ball?! I just threw that away before Travis and I got married, when I was cleaning out all my old stuff. Campus Life was, to be honest, the only thing that kept me alive for a little while. I was so screwed up in the head, that I just wanted a place where people thought I was worth something, ya know? *shrugs* Didnt really pan out the way I had hoped for, but then again, neither did religion ;). I thought of you a lot too over the years. Im glad we've reconnected, and that you're happy.

And as for your nose and my business, its totally cool to sniff around. I wouldnt have added you here if it wasnt okay. :)

[pinktornado]

Where are you at cooking school? It doesn't sound right that you wouldn't actually be cooking anything as part of the curriculum. My husband's cousin went to cooking school somewhere in Chicago and she did a lot of cooking.

[terrorlynn]

No no no...I'm cooking OODLES at culinary school, and its only the first week :). Joliet Junior College is where I'm at for school. I'm not cooking at my JOB. I work at Harrahs casino, in the buffet. Sadly, even after extensive talks with cooks in the other restaurants in the casino, they dont do much more cooking than we do :(. We'll see what happens.

[nhyrvana]

Someday you'll look back....while standing in some fabulous kitchen some where with a rare bottle of sherry in one hand and the most perfect egg plant in the entire universe in the other...and you'll laugh deeply....with those standing around you, their eyes full of abject awe and admiration...and you'll say, "Oh my, I remember when I had this cooking job that wasn't a cooking job AT ALL....and...."

Pay the dues now, build up your karma bank, keep your eyes peeled for other opertunities....

And invited me to dinner soon. =)

-emily

[terrorlynn]

All of those things will happen. Someday. Soon.

And COME TO DINNER ANY TIME. Please?

[nhyrvana]

Can I come up on the weekend of the first or the fifteenth?

-emily