holy hello there readers! thanks for keeping in touch with me! sorry i haven’t been doing the same…
apparently things are just always crazy busy around here. so let’s see what happened since last we spoke…
the pickles poem, has become a song! i started writing it, and played it for warriorette one night. she wrote a few more verses for me, and i think we’ll be selling out arenas next week. that’s just how it works, baby!
i had a sweet jam with Jonas, Dustin, and Nick. all of us have very different musical backgrounds, so parts of the jam were rather convoluted and nightmarish. BUT there were also some very good moments where we all jived together and were able to really create some nice music! so positive energy for that all around. we’re planning to do another jam soon, and i hope we do.
warriorette and i…are going…to LA! yes!! i’ve been singing the theme song from the o.c. pretty much everyday. i’ve only left the country once, when i was like 12 years old, so i’m really excited for this. getting all my passport crap together wasn’t so much fun, but it’s taken care of now. we’ll be leaving the day before warriorette’s birthday, staying in a ritzy hotel for a night, then heading to the coachella music festival!! a festival i’ve wanted to go to for years. and the fact that i’ll be going with someone who’s done it before makes it that much more exciting!
i could actually go on about the l.a. trip for hours, but my mind is moving a mile a minute just thinking about it…
…so work has been very crazy! first there was new years eve, which was a bit of a gong show. we had a special menu, with these miniature desserts, that were a nightmare to make, and we had to make 300+ of them (of which only 150 were sold) in addition to prepping insane amounts for the event that is new years eve! but, in the pinch, our awesome prep crew pulled our shit together, and made a very good new years eve for everyone involved!
oh and then new years eve was amazing! warriorette spent the day preparing a feast of delicious appetizers including spinach dip, crab cakes, baked brie, and more. we spent the night indulging, and hanging out, relaxing. we even got to watch fire works from our apartment window! then new years day, was the day of breakfasts. we made eggs benedict for breakfast, and pancakes for dinner. can’t remember what we had for lunch…
so new years ruled! oh yeah, then work again! back at it, as we say…we prepared the same menu for valentines day, and it wasn’t as crazy. the crazy part was that i was training a new guy at the time. oi vey! but it all went really well, and i ended up working several long days, but not being too too phased by them. so one day chef asks me if i’d be interested in flying to Kelowna to help them train prep cooks for the new store they’re opening there.
DUH! yes i would! oh wait! it’s supposed to be mid april? scheduling conflict with our l.a. trip! nooo! but wait, there’s more! chef gave me the confirmed dates, and it’s going to be right after our l.a. trip! YES! i’m just waiting for confirmation from the regional chef, but it looks like i’ll be going. i’m crazy excited for this experience!
so if everything works out, i’ll be taking two trips in april/may, and that makes me a happy clam 
i love warriorette with all my heart. she made us a fabulous valentines dinner, which included fettucini alfredo, made with fresh pasta, garlic bread, chocolate covered strawberries, delicious salad, and a lovely bottle of chianti. and she fooled me, by saying she’d “warm something up for me”. clever girl…
lately we’ve just been hanging out, watching the olympics, and being crazy. warriorette has been insane with school, and i’ve just been insane. today i went for a skate on the river, then a walk to corydon and back…and i’m at like 700 words on this post, so i should wrap it all up nicely.
thanks for reading! :
