A New Chapter

That's the truth really, the page turned and now its a new chapter. Me along with my fellow classmates graduated from the Culinary Institute of America on March 23rd. Its really weird to think that I have my Associates degree already (I'm honestly trying to grasp the concept still, it will come around to me in due time). But for now I'm back home for a couple weeks and I'll be moving down to Houston, Texas at the end of the month and starting my job.

I know I've thanked friends, family, classmates through status updates and such but I really want to take the time and thank them by writing here. I feel that I'm not so limited to how many characters I can fit in a box.

To my friends and family, thank you for everything. For the massive amount of support I've received. From moving away from home for the first time to dealing with the stress of everyday problems and more. I can't thank you enough for being there, supporting me through the good, bad, ugly, etc.

To my CIA Family, I will miss you all greatly. I'm not all that sure what I wouldn't have done without y'all. I have extremely great memories of school and it makes me so happy that I had my home away from home and great people surrounding me. I couldn't ask to have such great people as my friends and seriously I will miss you all so much and all the great and sometimes crazy things we did.

To my fellow classmates/colleagues, its been a pleasure getting to work alongside great people with great ideas, minds, and work ethics. Also thank you for being able to bring a humor side into the kitchen when needed. Though we've had good times, bad times, ok times; its that through it all we took from each days experience, pushed, improved and strived to learn and excel. I've had the pleasure to work with some incredibly passionate people and being around that has made class a great experience. I want to thank you all for helping me develop as a leader to the best of my ability and show me my strengths and weaknesses as to how I can improve. I wish everyone the best of luck with their careers, future education and endeavors. I hope that we stay in touch and down the road encounter each other in such a great industry.

I'll be keeping my blog and updating as I'm here at home and working but I want to thank everyone again.
It's going to be a good life tater.

-Garrett