Last night I believed I had prepared myself mentally for today. I had one of my fabulous friends over, Ilse, for a proper baked mac & cheese dinner, a couple of bellinis, and some Jersey Shore. It was a perfect evening with lots of laughs and positive juices flowing. I didn't stay up too late and felt prepared for my big day.
It was 4:59 a.m. when I excitedly got out of bed this morning. As I got ready my nerves started to get the best of me. My stomach was in so many knots that I had to force myself to vomit, yuck! I couldn't believe how nervous I felt all morning, and this dreaded heat didn't make matters any better. I was a hot, sweaty mess. Although I got out of the house on time, my nerves started kicking in again when I hit some traffic on the freeway. I distract myself a bit by popping in one of my new Italian CD's and started my first lesson. Before I knew it the traffic was flowing smoothly and I was happily repeating some simple Italian phrases all the way to school. I absolutely have to set up some kind of camera to film myself because, I can only imagine how funny I look and sound.
Things got started a little slow in class today but, what could I expect on the first day. After the Chef gave us a little chat about what we should expect and what he expects from us, we had to watch an hour of a video tape, from the 90's, about safe serve. Once that torture was over we got to take a break and sample some of the mini cakes the the baking class made. Let me just say that they were little bites of sweet heaven and what I consider a perfect breakfast. Who doesn't love cake in the morning? Will, I actually only know one person that would disagree... Sanna!
Our first lesson was on knife technique. The correct way of holding the knife and we started to practice cutting a potato and carrots "Julian". You need to cut the item perfectly cubic approximately 1/8". Let me just tell you that this is no easy task. Needless to say I did not master the technique in class so, I will be practicing tonight with my big bag of russet potatoes. Mashed potatoes anyone?
Another thing I felt quite proud of myself for was, I made it to the gym. I was so tired after class and felt so sleepy on the way home I didn't think I could do it. I talked myself into it and I actually went. I feel like this is going to be one of the most difficult things to accomplish every day. I do hope I can do it. Keeping my gym routine is important to me because, I absolutely don't want to gain weight while I am in school. We'll see how it goes.
If someone were to ask me how my day went today. I would reply with a simple "molto bene!"
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