Orientation

So I just got back from orientation at OCI and it was pretty normal.  Just a half hour of "Hi, we're your teachers, these are your books, and oh - here is your first homework assignment!" as orientations usually tend to go.  :)  Yay, homework on the day BEFORE the first day of classes!  Haha, but it isn't due til Wednesday so I'll probably try to do it tonight while I have the extra time.  Orientation was pretty nice though.  We got to meet all the instructors for both the morning and the evening classes.  Chef Hall is the main instructor for my baking and pastry classes with another chef helping as needed.  We also got a map of the school, which from the outside doesn't look all that big (and didn't seem too huge in my visit of the school in May), but little did I know there are 3 classrooms and 3 kitchens in the building -  not counting the kitchen in the restaurant!  I was pretty impressed!  I'll mostly be in kitchen 2 and classroom 2 though for my classes.  From what I heard tonight, my daily schedule will be something like lecture, break, demo, break, and then hands-on stuff.  And they said in the beginning we should bring snacks or a quick dinner so we aren't starving when we get out of class, but after the classes really start producing food, then our baking classes will trade with the evening culinary classes and then we can all taste test while in school - yummy!!!  :)

The trek from school back up the hills was definitely a bit harder tonight than when Kristen and I walked back from dinner.  Perhaps it was the backpack full of two uniforms and my books that made the difference... perhaps.  But I don't have to bring my books and back and forth from class everyday, so that'll be nice!  More room to bring cookies home in my backpack, right!?!  I mean... healthy baked goods, yes, yes, that is what I meant.

Well, there isn't much else to tell so I am off to ::sigh:: go do my homework and made some dinner.  I'll let you know how the first day of classes goes tomorrow!