Tentative Schedule and Orientation

I just got my "tentative" schedule for school and thank God it is tentative! As you know I got a new part time job so I could watch the kiddies on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday each week...well here is my "tentative" school schedule:

GEN 105 Effective Speaking Wed 1:01pm-5:00pm

CULA 105 Intro to Culinary Skills Wed & Thur 7:00am-12:00pm

CULA 110 Sanitation and Safety Thur 2:30pm-5:30pm

CULA 100 Concepts & Theories of Culinary Techniques Mon 8:00am-11:00am

Despite being a little difficult to read, I am sure you can see the problem. Shoot! Good thing I have a wonderful Assistant Director of Admissions to help me out. She forwarded my request onto another lady who can "hopefully" change my schedule to Monday, Tuesday and Saturday. Aside from the date conflicts I am excited to jump right into culinary.

I am reading a great book right now called, "The Making of a Chef" by Michael Ruhlman. Michael wrote about his journey through The Culinary Institute of America. Right now I am still reading about his first day and I am nervous and excited for mine. Nervous because I am not sure how I feel about boiling blood and excess proteins out of bones to make stock. Excited because I can't wait to learn! I am excited to be able to cook things that sound french and taste like Heaven. I can't wait to learn the cuisines of over 27 countries(and my husband can't wait to eat them).

For all my band geek friends out there imagine being able to go to school JUST with band kids (Loads of people dorky like me). That is what this school is like for me so far. Maybe it will be like band camp? LOL. Anyway the school is a creative arts school so everyone there has some serious talent. Walk the hallways and you will see everything from photography and paintings to sugar sculptures and wedding cakes. Pretty cool.

You know what else I am excited about, THE UNIFORM. Seriously, I am excited about it. I loved my Marching Band uniform so I imagine I will love this too. Who doesn't like houndstooth pants? Plus the chef coat! I will LOOK like a chef (so what I can't cook like one yet?). Also they are giving me a knife set...yes knives. Super sweet knives! How many of you college students or grads got to bring knives to class, huh? Huh? Anyway, I get three uniforms because I have to wear them in the kitchen, so we have locker rooms that we get to change in so we don't have to wear our uniforms all day. (Who wouldn't want to do that?)

So as you can tell from this long post I am EXCITED! Culinary school is bringing back the band dork!

~Future Chef Ruby