So....

It's been a month. Well, practically a month. I started this blog so that the vast, undefinable "others" that exist out there somewhere could follow my progress through school. That hasn't exactly gone as planned for two very clear reasons:

1) I suck at posting. I'm fortunate in that I live with my best friend and that I see my two other best friends so often that our mutual friends joke about us having a "group marriage." The only quasi-downside is that most of the ranting and/or storytelling gets done in person. Which isn't really a downside at all (I guess the "quasi" made that clear).

2) I have told exactly 3 people that this blog even exists. I don't really know why. My reluctance is due, at least in part, to the implosion of a friendship (and serious damage to two other relationships) that I watched happen as a result of a comment on a blog. I don't really think that I'm in danger of that happening to me (people would actually have to read the damn thing in order to comment on it (I know, I know)).

So....

Is it dumb to make posting on your own blog a Lenten resolution? Eh, maybe, but I think I'm gonna do it anyway. Why not? I'm goin' to hell for other stuff.

-School-
I love school. It's weird. The Wife and I went on "vacation" last weekend to San Francisco to see some old friends get married. It was great, but since the wedding was on Sunday (weird, right?) it was impossible logistically for me to get back in time for class on Monday. I was pissed. I spent the entire week a day behind and, even though I worked extra almost everyday, I never really caught up. This is the first time in my life that I can remember being upset that I missed school (not counting field trip days in elementary school). I guess that's a good sign, but I better not get sick for the next six months.


-Rant-
How many ounces are in a pound? Where is Canada on a map? These are questions to which I assumed everyone knew the answers. Yes, yes, of course I've read the articles about how 20% of Americans can't find Canada, or their home state or some such thing, but I guess I thought these pollsters were just getting the same 4 or 5 people over and over. How wrong I was. It's seven weeks into baking school and there are people in my class who ask literally everyday how many ounces there are in a pound (16, by the way) or how many teaspoons in a Tablespoon (3) or something similar. Seriously? And you want some one to pay you to bake for them? Did you not think this would be requisite knowledge? How have you not learned this by now? I realize that I hang out with nerdy people (it's often a race to see who can find the answer to a question on their iPhone the fastest) and I am, by nature, a very curious person. I guess I just find it very difficult to remember that not everyone works like that. *sigh*

With that, and a promise to post more often (I will post my Texas Grapefruit Cupcake recipe tomorrow), I will sign off.