So, the Scorching Student Chef has two days under her belt. Book learning is what we're doing in class, learning about toxins, cross contamination, time-temperature abuse and other practices that will make people sick. I'm never eating out again!
Did you know there's a kind of toxin in fish that will make you cough up worms? I know! Anyway, I'm sitting in the front, the picture of the returning student who is desperate to do well. I'm the second oldest in the class, the oldest student is another woman. She and I have bonded over these two factors. Out of a class of 16, there are 4 women. Three of us sit in the front row.
This week we are plowing through 14 chapters on safe food handling in 4 days. I'll have 3 days to review and then our exam is on Monday. The textbook is written at about the same level as a sophomore or junior level biology textbook. I'm grasping the information, there's just a lot of it.
And I have GOT to calm down about this. I did well on today's quizzes, which covered the material we went over on Monday. I'll go over the material for my quizzes tomorrow and anything I have difficulty with I'll know I need to put that info into my head.
Most of this stuff is common sense, like, oh, when should a person wash their hands? After returning home, when they have been at work for three hours, after using the restroom. See?
I am dealing with some insecurity and worry and thinking this was a stupid idea. That will go away as I get positive feedback.
As of right now, I'm going to give my brain a break and have some home-made bbq chicken pizza.
Amanda's beauty tip of the day: When you are worrying, try to remember to relax your jaw every now and then. It will help keep your face from sticking in an ugly, frowny way.
Sometimes, you have to give life some lipstick and tell it to kiss your ass.
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