Re-purposing.

For the sake of my life, and my sanity, I am re-purposing this BLOG.

I WANT TO COOK.

I watch the FoodNetwork continually. I watched a five-hour long Cake Challenge yesterday, and considered the entire duration how simply wonderful it would be to be a CAKE DECORATOR. a BAKER. anything at all that had to do with food, really.

The truth is, I'm going to school to be something that was originally a BACKUP PLAN, but has now become THE PLAN. and I'm not sure if I'm okay with that.



I want something more.

I got this idea in my head a couple of years ago--that I wanted to eventually own a diner/bakery. And I've not been able to let that idea go, which is strange for me. I get ideas for my life several times a week. Some last an hour or two, some last a couple of days. This one has lasted almost three years. It's a keeper, and I know I need to cling to it with everything I've got.

There's only one little problem.

I CAN'T COOK.

I know that other people do things like this. There are stories of people who started out not able to boil water and now they're Iron Chefs. My mom's a fantastic cook, and she couldn't cook at all when she was my age! And I'm not really that badly off. I can boil water. Although I did once manage to ruin a package of Ramen Noodle soup. (don't ask.)

I need to do this for myself. The new semester has just started. This is my LAST year of school, and if I don't figure it out soon, maybe I won't ever. I promise myself that I'll go to culinary school after I graduate, when I have time. But lots of people have taught themselves the things they need to know. I have resources right at my fingertips. Tons of cookbooks and how-to novels at the local resale and half-price book stores, and an entire internet of dish ideas.

I haven't quite decided the rules. I'll work on that tonight, I think. But I'm embarking on my food journey, and I hope it will be magical.