Done!

Last night I finished all my extern hours. Woo hoo! I will continue to work at the restaurant on Friday and Saturday nights until January. When January rolls around I am totally dumping my office monkey job so that I can completely dedicate myself to pastry monkeying. That will also make me a bit poor. That won't matter much since I won't have time to spend money while working almost 60 hours a week. Perhaps I will also start my hunt for a sugar daddy -- preferably one that will kick the bucket and leave me a ton of money sooner rather than later.

Working at the restaurant has made me realize I have a problem -- a listening problem. Chef will tell me to do something and not even a minute later I will be unable to recall incidental parts of the instructions. Usually the parts easily forgotten are 1) the amount to be made, and 2) where to put it when I am done. I usually repeat things out loud as I am being instructed, but I only do that with ingredients or procedures. For instance, Chef will ask me to wrap something up a certain way and put it away. I'll remember everything except where to put it. I will at least recall that she was rather vague with where to put it, so I can get away with a follow-up question later. When I am done wrapping things I'll ask, "Chef, did you have a specific spot in mind for this, so you can find it later?" The best is when the answer is "anywhere on the bench in the chocolate room", because I wasn't even thinking of the chocolate room as an option before asking. I feel stupid when I ask these follow-up questions but I don't really know what else to do. I can only tell myself that I will attempt to be more mindful and attentive when given instructions, but I know that won't happen.