Pheww! Today is my second day off since I started work. And work is going well. Very well. I'm working the entremet station, which I may have mentioned last time. I'm cooking vegetables like I was when I left Blue Hill. the difference at Commerce is that the vegetables are not being covered up with sugar. I'm again glazing about 5 different kinds of vegetables, carrots, rutabega, celery root, green celery, salsify, parsnips, tiny turnips, and sometimes sunchokes. but I only have something like 2 real purees, spinach and garlic, which are only used as components and, of course, potato puree! Which is slightly a pain in my butt, because it takes ages to dry out, but which tastes pretty much exactly like heaven. there are certain garnishes which are especially challenging for me, but I really feel that I'm learning from them and with them as opposed to just working around them. I don't think I can stress enough how much I'm loving this job. The hours are long, but not impossible and there is such joint goal and mission and drive. It's very inspirational.

I have Tuesdays off, which is bittersweet. I'm glad to have a set day off so I can look forward and plan, but Steve's days off are Sunday and Monday, so I don't get to see him much, which sucks. But I've been keeping busy, basically just running errands and that sort of thing. It's been a bit too cold lately to do much else anyway. Hopefully by the time it warms up I'll have two days off. Well, I'd better go finish my laundry. I'll write again next week!