Dramatic title, eh? As I type this, I am one final exam away from being a college graduate. By Monday afternoon I will have fulfilled over 66 credits to earn my Associates in Business for Hospitality/Food Service Management with specialization in Culinary Artistry. What does this really mean? Funny you should ask, as my math prof asked me the same question today. I majored in this field because I have the desire to become a chef. What I never had the desire for from the start was to put in 14 hour days, 7 days a week because I have [...]

Two semesters to be exact. I just registered for my 7th semester at college. Gone are the days of fun cooking classes and learning more about food. I am on my own now, I either have to study on my own time or work somewhere if I want to cook again. Considering I don’t want to work in a restaurant at this time it might be hard to get training as a personal chef. At any rate, food classes are done. The culinary kitchen at the college is done too, the idiots that run the place couldn’t wait to tear [...]

I’ve been thinking about my world offline. I admit I am busy making sure I give every single advantage of my time to my studies, so I miss the boat sometimes on what is going in in my friend’s lives. I missed the boat when the two people I talk to and spent the most time with, split apart taking a sweet soul away and we can’t just drive for a small bit to see them anymore. It makes me incredibly sad. It’s also incredibly hard for me because this is my first time being that friend in the middle. [...]