Another Exciting Week To Come

Well, I quit my job and have begun another one. I'm hoping that that will be the last time I ever quit a job! Next week I start full time as a receptionist, where I was advised to bring a book or something to do because apparently the phone doesn't ring to often. Neat! Next Friday is NOT going to come fast enough.

Yesterday we went over to another couple's house to hang out and have dinner. I cooked a fabulous dinner, which tasted so great I even surprised myself. I'll have to add that this was the one time where I cooked what one would call and "indulgent" Saturday dinner - as vegetarian as it was I didn't skimp in the fat department.

The starter consisted Baba Ganoush (roasted eggplant dip) with toasted pita bread and gorgonzola and honey bruschetta (courtesty of the hostess), the main dish was a gorgonzola and pear vinnegrette salad with a olive, sundried tomato and ricotta cheese tart and dessert was as single baked fig drizzled with cinnamon, honey and butter served with a dollop of whipped cream.

Yesterday I found out that to become a qualified chef in Australia, there are two routes one can take: the traditional apprenticeship route of 4 years or the institutional education route of 1-2 years. Being that I will be around 26-27 (1-2 years from now) when I can actually focus on all of my time on studying to become a chef, only having to spend 18-24 months studying versus 48 is the best news I've heard all week!

I'm trying to find as many things to be excited about to get me through these next four months of walking through slush. It's going to be difficult and I'm going to complain a whole lot, especially when winter comes because a) I don't do winter, I grew up in the tropics and b) I've never really had a winter wardrobe, I still don't. However, finding the power to think positive is not a lost cause. I think if I can find 1-2 really big things to be excited about each month, waking up in the morning to do mind-numbing work won't see so bad.

Things to look forward to in September: my 25th birthday, sending birthday cards to my parents, looking for the perfect birthday present to give myself (another way to spend the money I waste my brain away earning) and the possibility of applying for our visa for Australia.

I'd say that September is looking pretty good.