Back to School

I apologize for the lapse in posts. This summer has been both crazy and dull. Crazy, because I have had a lot to do and prepare for, but dull, because none of it was that remarkable. I have spent the past several months trying to coordinate a Dietary Manager internship at Carle Arbours. Months and months ago, they agreed to accept me for a summer internship, but by the time we worked out the details, it was September. Normally, it wouldn’t take this long, but I am the first dietary student from Parkland to do an internship, so we had a few red tape-type issues to work through. Future internships should be no problem. (I repeat: Don’t panic, this is an anomalous event.) The delays made my internship a late start class, so technically, I haven’t been a student during the time I haven’t been posting…. (I thought it was worth a shot.)

I took a food writing class in Chicago over the summer, (so I was a student, just not a Parkland student). It was a great experience, but I am tired of going to Chicago every week. This fall will be both my last semester at Parkland and my last quarter of culinary school at Kendall College in Chicago. I have enjoyed them both, but I will be glad to finish. I am looking forward to spending my entire week in one city, and to having some time off from being a student.