So With a Couple Days Off....Comes a Few Thoughts and Adventures

So, I had the pleasure of having Sunday, Monday and Tuesday off.

Sunday, I spent the day sleeping in and working on that grand old externship manual and scholarships.

Monday or today, I was able to work on yet again more paperwork but I also took the oppertunity to go to the main library for Colorado Springs and browse for a few books where I picked up the Ad Hoc Cookbook, Fodor's Guides to Colorado and France and also the book Don't Try This At Home. That book has great chefs from around the world talk about there greatests disasters. After that I took a nice little drive from downtown Colorado Springs to Garden of the Gods. I was armed with a camera, a back pack with 4 liters of water,mango slices and was ready to hike. I'm not really sure how much I hiked today, I just kinda went and took my sweet time, taking in the fresh are and nature. It was very relaxing just getting to enjoy the outdoors and being somewhere where I could think and just let go. So I have a few photos from today:

It was a lovely day to go hiking. Now to everyone I started writing this blog last night and I stopped because I was really flipping tired so I'm picking it up today. I sorta had my Tuesday off, my Executive Sous Chef Zack asked me if I could come in today and I gladly said I could. He just needed someone to cover any room service orders but I got to knock out half of my prep list so now I'm ahead on my prep for my station this week. But because we've been in the process of cleaning the line, I broke about half of it down and scrubbed, degreased, and reassembled it. No one asked me to do it but I geared up with 2 aprons, three layers of gloves, my goggles and face mask to work with the most potent degreaser I've ever used in my life.

But hopefully the line works better than it did after the work I put into it tonight.

I've been thinking about the future and my career ahead of me because well, I graduate from the CIA next March.....EXACTLY ONE YEAR FROM NOW! Its crazy to think about but I've been giving it some thought, like alot. So heres what I'm thinking:

-Work to become TA in the School's Meat Room

-Get an AOS or BOS in Small Buiness Management at a another school thats not CIA (too much $$$)

-Apply to get in with the Greenbriar's Apprenticeship Program

-Go spend 6 months to a 1 year in Europe to basically learn

But I'm feeling beat so I'm going to bed.

-Garrett