I made a little trip to Safeway late at night to get moving boxes

I walked into Safeway and walk up to one of the workers if they have boxes I could have. She replies with a happy yes. She hands me a kart (the ones they use themselves to haul the heavy boxes around the store) and told me to knock myself out and to bring the kart back whenever I was done. As I moved a long the store with my kart collecting boxes I encountered familiar and friendly faces (Safeway employees) waving and saying "Hey Bree" "Hey Bree, you moving."

Also for dinner I went to the local Taqueria and the girl over the counter asks me how my day is going and if I had work today. The guy that brought me food said "Bree you look mad" and the guy back in the kitchen yelled "Bree is mad? Porque?" One of the customers who had walked in with me looks over at me and says "You must come here often, everyone seems to know you." Answer, yes.

I'm going to miss this place and knowing everybody where ever I go. I don't think people in my new Safeway will lend me one of their karts and let me race down the store grabbing whatever I want.....

Yesterday was my last day at Stella

I almost cried. It was a very saddening experience to leave a place of work where I love to be and love to work with everyone around me. Well most of the time. Sometimes, Ok, most of the time they drive me crazy but I can't imagine working at a place were they won't. What a bore. :) Andrew one of the hotel reception workers walked in to the kitchen and two waiters were at it arguing and Andrew had on this baffled and a little scared face as he walked out as I yelled out to him it's called passion Andrew, PASSION! :) So we argue like siblings.

I was so overcome with emotion but so resolved in my decision to not break down in front of the boys, that I forgot my knife bag. Which for you of those who don't know carries all my personal kitchen equipment and my knives. Guess I'll have to go back to retrieve them.

Now to start the thing I have been procrastinating on and putting off as long as I can. Packing... Ugh

I know books are digital these days.....

I even own some but there is nothing better than the physical contact of each page and the smell of a book.

Ran into some Wildcats in their honeymoon here in Tahoe

Yesterday at the restaurant one of the waiters, Tim, brought a couple back for me to do a cantaloupe caviar demonstration for them.
Me: Hi come on in, step up on back here
Girl: It's our first time here
Guy: Everything is fantastic we love it all
Girl: It is our first time in Tahoe
Me: (looking outside at the hail) Where are you guys from?
Girl: Seattle, we are here on our honeymoon

We continue to talk about the weather and I continue with my demonstration.

Me: Zach, you know those people that you get a feeling you know or look really familiar but you can't place them?
Zach: Yeah that happens to me all the time
Me: Yeah you know that guy that came back here, he looked familiar
Zach: Must have one of those faces
Me: Yeah must remind me of someone else

It keeps on bothering me though. I go to their table.

Me: I'm sorry but this is kind of weird but you look familiar. Perhaps ACU?

They flip out. Apparently both of them went to ACU and we were in the same entering class. They were from the theatre department though and well I don't even know where that is on campus. Campus is not that big. I didn't look familiar to them but him being in some of the school plays explains why I would recognize him.

Small world! I run into some wildcats from Seattle, WA in Truckee, CA on their honeymoon and we went to school together in Abilene, TX ! How wild is that?!

I just collected most I my kitchen instruments from the restaurant

It's starting to seem real that I am leaving. At home I have procrastinated packing. I guess I can't ignore it anymore.

Collected my things that had been spread in the kitchen for the past 2 years.

The two things that make me the happiest in life and probably want to do for the rest of my life.

Travel

Food

So I ask God how he put these two things in my heart a long time ago and how I still have this desire to do these two very things. All the time! Explains why I move so much. So now that I decided to go back to school, NOT to finish my Physics Bachelors but to get back into the hang of things. I was throwing out different ideas of bachelors I could get. Now these will be finished at a junior college. Not my first choice but it's what I can afford. I am thinking at the moment to double major in Nutrition and Journalism. How does that sound? I am still praying about it so please pray about it with me. I think these two things combined with my culinary degree and my culinary experience could possibly enable me to live and continue doing the two things I mentioned above. :) Crossing fingers. :D 

Starting my last week of work at Stella

This chapter in my book of life closes.

This has probably been one of the greatest Chapters in my life.

Endings are inevitable.

Another Chapter begins.

I want to be worthy of the person God has planned for me.

I am always striving to be a better person. For myself and for those around me.

I love the anticipation and the sound of a film starting

It gets my heart beating when I hear Lionsgate, Fox or any of the other well known film entertainment companies start with their already well recognized theme music and well known logos. It is probably one of my favorite things. I love watching movies.

My blog is like my public diary

It's also on the internet. So I can probably forget about ever marrying a politician.

You know that moment where Netflix has a movie classified as Japanese and 2 minutes into it you know it's Korean.

Yeah, that just happened to me. A few months ago I honestly would not have been able to recognize the difference between Asian languages. They have always been so foreign, exotic and mysterious to me. I however decided I was going to learn a new language and I am. I am trying to learn Korean. Keep posted.

I should go to sleep

It's five minutes til 7am and still have not gone to bed.


Have I mentioned I have not done any packing whatsoever and due to move out by the end of this month?...ugh I still work this coming week too.

Ugh....Packing

Ok. Ok. OK. Goodnight ;)

I feel like Action

I secretly want to be a spy and know every type of martial arts and be a professional sniper. I have some work to do.

Why does watching movies with either, guns, explosions or martial arts make me happy? ......

I'd honestly probably be the first one to run and hide in the closet.

Dinner date

Tomorrow I'm having a dinner date with a great acquired friendship here in Tahoe. It has been too long that I have spent time with him or even seen it. So this makes me happy. Don't tell him I said so ;)

It sounds wrong when you call me Brenda

There is a reason I have a nickname Bree, use it. My parents and family is one thing. You on the other hand are no exception.

They hatin'

I made my way down into the valley (of California) today and I'm dying! It's 94 degrees outside!!! Ok, so I was in Lake Tahoe earlier and it was only 70 and I was warm enough, It was even warm enough for a lake day! I'll be making my way down to Monterey on Friday so I'm not too worried about this weather although be assured I will spend most of my time in the valley in a well air conditioned building or car. Hopefully a pool. :)

First day of vacation

Today was the first day of a 10 day vacation. For all of us. The restaurant was closed and we get to party, or in my case visit the family. Since I still have not figured out what is wrong with my car (yes I am very worried and in a hurry, sarcasm). I don't have a car at the moment. I walked to this taqueria today and I ran into Nathan! He is one of the waiters and Chef's brother. As I was talking to him I got a text from Alex, the intern.

I continued my day walking in beautiful weather to Safeway were then I ran into Leslie! Hotel front desk staff. As I turn another corner in Safeway I run into Maria (dishwasher and restaurant morning crew, amazing working woman!) !

Needless to say my vacation has started but I cannot escape my co-workers...... Ah Tahoe living I will miss you.

P.S I see Alex tomorrow to drive down to the valley.

Today felt like a Def Leppard morning

I went outside this morning to wait for Zach (my ride to work) to pick me up. It was gorgeous outside. So I sat down on the edge of the sidewalk and blasted Def Leppard on my phone. It was perfect.

I have a crush and his name is Minho Lee (Lee Minho)

Too bad he's famous, lives in Korea and I'm not too sure we could communicate even if we wanted to. I don't know him and probably will never meet him.... I can live with this kind of crush ;) I'll never be disappointed and I'll never have expectations. :-D

I-Phone

I also just spent about an hour looking for music and uploading it to my I-Phone. DANGEROUS! I always spend more than I want to... I just can't help myself! It has to be part of my library. Bad Bree, no more looking for music at 3am. No more spending money on "useless" things.

Car Trouble

So if you have been keeping up with my blog since the beginning you'll remember that I talked about my car failure 2 years ago when I was trying to move up here to Truckee. Well, now when I am so ever close to my departure date (once again) my car decides to not start. I was ready to go to work yesterday and got in my car and it wouldn't start! The Execute Chef ever so gracefully came to pick me up and drive me to work! I have the best boss ever! Even though I am leaving in 3 weeks! AH! LOL. Now all I need to figure out is a ride to work tomorrow...........

If I woke up from a coma and Channing Tatum told me he was my husband, I wouldn't question it

I am just starting to watch The Vow! Please let there be no crying river for me! You may have never seen me cry but that's because you have never watched a tear jerking movie with me! Then you'd know how truly pathetic I am :)

I would like to one day be able to emulate what I see in romance films in real life

I believe in true love because I know I am capable of loving that way.

What can I say I'm a hopeless romantic. Closet romantic and unless you read my blog you wouldn't know otherwise ( the only way you can know me is if you truly want to)  ;) that or you're Kelsey Young who knows I love those cliche chick flicks. ;) LOVE YOU KELSEY!!

I completely respect doctors and their profession.

They are a huge inspiration. Even though once I might have had the idea of becoming one myself I know that I never could. I don't doubt my skills or my intelligence. I doubt my dedication. I don't have the discipline and dedication to do what they do everyday. I admire them greatly. Maybe now I would be just satisfied by marrying one ;) tehehehe. I know, I know, they also come with a lifetime of debts but the heart and discipline that they have is enough for me to swoon. Yes, I do know that discipline and dedication (especially if you strive to be the best at what you do) also means that they have no free time and are always working. I can live with that. I'm always working. Besides I'm not your typical dependent girl. I do very well by myself. I have always been very independent and just because a ring is on my finger is not going to magically change that. I have to live with someone who understands that. Usually those people come with goals of their own.

For the moment though, I am doing very well for myself and am not in need of lifetime companionship. The passing friendships and my various adventures are what fill my soul. I have learned that about myself. Some day I will have my fill and someday I would like to share these things with somebody else. Someday...... but today it is way too beautiful outside to be sitting and wasting time writing about idealism.

So ciao everyone. Talk to you soon.

I am that kind of person.

I am the kind of person that can ignore the facts thoroughly if needed be. If something awkward or uncomfortable happened in the past I can ignore that fact and continue as we were. I am the kind of person that will be honest and tell you if I found out something about you that you wouldn't want the whole world knowing. I am the kind of person that when I knew you knew something about me that I wouldn't want the world to know I would act as if I don't, because the truth is that I trust you not to spread it. I will never ask you questions. I will wait until you want to talk about it, IF you ever want to talk about it. Because the truth of the matter is you eventually open up only to those you want to share intimate details with. No matter how many questions I ask, the more you will shut down. This is the type of person I am. I will be by your side always as a friend. Without judgement or prejudices. Maybe I trust in humanity too much.

So don't be confused if I act like nothing ever happened. It's because I honestly harbor no hard feelings. I still carry those memories. I have not forgotten. I choose to only learn from them. Cherish then and move on. The same goes to those friends whom I have not seen in a long time. The phrase "out of sight out of mind" does not apply to me. Please don't feel uncomfortable if I act like no time has passed and act the same comfortable way I do with you as I did before. I hate the fact that people were once friends and now they ignore each other on the streets. Just because I don't write, don't call does not mean I have forgotten you. It only means that I am in a moment in my life when I am acquiring more adventures and more friends but you will always be in my heart and in my mind.

To all my friends, PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE.

I hate going through the motions

My Facebook newsfeed is always filled of pictures of food!

and I love it!! This is what your newsfeed will look like when you go to culinary school and have worked in the restaurant business for a couple years. I wonder how med school students newsfeed would look like......boring.... I prefer food ;)