Aaaaand a month later, here I am!

Remember that time when I said I was hoping to be able to post at least once a week in here to keep people up to date with what's going on in my life?

.....That went well!!

On the other hand, I suppose that the fact that I've been too busy to update in here is a good thing, right?!

Or it could be very bad.

You see, this last month has literally flown so quickly that I have NO Idea where it went.

I have lots to show for it, mind you, but the fact that it's almost -no, that it IS the end of April (well, not it's May) is horrifying to me.

I didn't think I'd be the kind of person to lament the swift passing of time, but here I am: lamentation is going on right now, not even gonna lie.

You see, this hasn't been your ordinary, ho-hum kind of month. No, this has been the middle of a massive learning curve, and I'm not through it yet.

Work has been amazing and exciting and scary and dangerous (I may possibly be typing with 2 band-aids on my fingers after having just taking one off of my palm), but all in all I couldn't ask for a better job.

There's so much that's happened in the past 2 months that I don't even know where to start.

Should I begin with the time that our Brewmaster Gunther came into work cradling a small pink ceramic pig to his chest? Or the time I baked breaded chicken in the oven... for 6 hours?

I suppose I could talk about the day that I was locked in the beer cooler for 20 minutes or the day that I was trying to get to a friend's house and got lost in one of the cookie-cutter suburbs in the south side of Edmonton.

All of those are great stories, but I wouldn't know where to begin.

Instead, I'm going to talk about what I do on a daily basis.

On a week day I wake up around 7:00 am, which gives me enough time to eat and get my pants on. Because really, what else could I need?

My bus comes at 8:30 am, and I go to the U of A's South Campus LRT station, which means that I get to take the train to work EVERY DAY!!!!!

It's so exciting.

But actually.

I get to work just before 9, and depending on when C gets there, I could be waiting up to 30 minutes. It doesn't suck right now, but it sure does when it was freaking -13C!

On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays we have to put away the order, which is pretty much putting $3,000 dollars worth of groceries. It's not pleasant, but it must be done.

Then we get to work on the prep list!

Our prep list is composed of all of the different items that we need to take care of, ranging from slicing shitake mushrooms to making apple cider vinegar to cooking off the roasts to whatever!! Whatever is needed, we do it.

It's really great, because then things aren't always the same every day. The prep board always changes and on Monday we started a new menu!

I go non-stop until I get off work, which is anywhere from 5 to 7 pm. It's really difficult to plan anything after work because I can never tell when I'll be set free, not to mention that the bus system is a fickle mistress.

All-in-all, it's been great, and I do really enjoy what I do on a daily basis.

The staff is great and though Chef can be a bit moody sometimes, I an thankful for what I have.

Today has been a bit of a crazy day, because one of my very best friends moved away today.

He's been a staple and a pillar in my life so far, and while I know he's not gone forever, it's going to be weird adjusting to not having him around.

I'm pretty much completely exhausted right now, so I'll have to write more later this week.

Don't Panic.