Cakes and pies. More cakes and pies. And bread. Lots of bread. My days have most recently been filled with cakes and pies. I guess that this to be expected now that I am a Pastry Chef again. I am still in the  "getting my footing" stage, which makes me uneasy. I am trying to learn menus at several restaurants and getting familiar with the different ovens. I now know that the small oven with missing thermostat is probably not the best idea for baking cheesecakes. I also have found that the reactive pots will turn pie filling grey. I have learned that I must over-utilize my time (if that is even possible) because with now having two days off (WOOO) and two of my remaining days spent as fill in Sous Chef at two different restaurants, I am left with merely three days to make weekly desserts and to perfect desserts for the up-coming week. There is also the complete overhaul that is supposed to happen for the dessert menu for a couple of the restaurants. I am not overwhelmed. Not yet. I just want to wow everyone. This, however has not happened quite yet. I am getting my rhythm though. Once it's steady, just watch out.

Upon discussing the subject of a busy life and filling it further, a perfectly simple truth was spoken by a wise woman. " Those years are going to happen anyway." Why should I not fill my time to the brim? Whether I decide to create, or educate , or grow, or learn, or write, or bake, or not, those years keep on a-comin'. So sadly, 2012 came and went with very little "documentation" on my little blog project. Let me just say, there was enough to fill it. I am not going to play catch up. I will look toward the future (rapidly evolving into today). Come fall, all 5 of my little minions will be off to school each morning. Wow. No more little ones. Wow. Hubby is in his last semester of pre-med. This, of course means the possibility of moving looms closer. There aren't too many medical schools within driving distance of our home. And then there's the new job. Life happens. Situations change. I found myself working in a place that just wasn't quite on the road I had worked so hard and for so long to forge. Something had to happen. I changed the situation. My month long sabbatical is nearing an end. -Yes, I just said I haven't worked in almost a month! (Well, we all know how that goes. Spring cleaning found a winter home.) I am off again on another "new adventure" (as one of my mentors calls it). Believe it, or not, the pastry world is calling my name again. I've got this yo.