The Start To Something New.





Cake I made at Edible Creations.

Birthday Cake for mrs Melanies daughter

Sweet 16 Cake!

Today, I got the chance to schedule for the beginning of my Bachelors program! As of december I will be done with my associates! That means that in the Spring I will graduate and walk across that stage! I am sooo excited! This quarter has been the beginning of what I consider hard classes. I am in Microeconomics and it has been tough. But with a lot of studying and dedication, Im moving along just fine! :) Starting in January, I will be taking Principles of Hospitality Management, Accounting 1 and Macroeconomics! I am super excited but nervous as I have heard that this is when things get difficult. Looking back on the journey so far, I have been so blessed! Ive learned so much and had experiences of a life time. I can't wait to get back into the swing of thing with the team and in the competitive atmosphere! I live for what I do. I also received the job as Assistant Lead Cake Decorator at a cake shop in Louisville! It has given me a sense of responsibility with things other than my own. With this job also comes being a key holder and having some management skills! I am so excited to see what else this Crazy college journey has to offer!


-Allysa Taranto

Gradutation

A week ago today, I walked across the stage. I shook Chancellor Sullivan's hand, I received my diploma. I don't know how else to describe the feeling other than ethereal. I remember what happened, how it felt, what  I was seeing, but it felt like an out-of body experience. I was watching myself accept my diploma, I wasn't doing it myself. I made it back to my seat to watch the rest of the ceremony but to this day I can not remember what I was thinking as I walked across that stage. It was that picturesque moment where you see in movies where everything slows down, and even the light in the air has a certain extra sparkle. 

I worked hard to earn my degree, I gave up weekends with friends to finish projects and spent hours upon hours studying. Although, the work has not deterred me from continuing on to my Bachelors. In another year and a half or so, I will be walking across that stage again. Maybe this time I will get to be myself as I accept my diploma and shake the Chancellor's hand. I can only hope.

"Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you."
- George Whitefield 

Elisabeth :)

Decisions, decisions..

I've been recently finding it quite hard to work and go to school this quarter. It's not because it's difficult, it's just hard finding motivation. And I've been looking everywhere. I can tell that I haven't been trying as hard as I used to when I first started school and when I first started working. I keep asking myself why. Days and days will pass by and I wonder what have I been doing...

I started to question is this where I want to be in life. Which is something I think everyone does around this point in time where graduation isn't too far away. And maybe the reason I felt that way is because even if I had made a plan, life never goes to plan. No matter how hard you may want it to. And I've run out of things to do to ignore this ever-pending decision of what I want to do with the rest of my life...

And though I'd like to finish this post saying that I've figured that out, I haven't. But at least I'm aware now that there is a decision to be made instead of ignoring it. I'm sure it will fall upon me eventually. I'll just be patient until that happens.

Thanks,

-Nikkos

I am not entirely sure how to start this off, besides that my life has  been completely changed over the past week. My world has been turned upside down and inside out. 

A week from today, the pastry team left from Louisville Airport to go to the IKA Culinary Olympics. We arrived in Germany 10 hours later, and I experienced what it is like to have your breath taken away.

 Words honestly cant describe the beauty, the culture, the architecture. 
We spent 72 hours, barely any sleep, and left the Ibis Hotel at 4:00am to arrive at the arena 5:00 am, to set up, and be judged at 7:00am. We did not receive results until 5:00 pm. That was by far the definition of anxiety. My name was called, along with a silver medal. I could never be happier. My life has changed forever. There is a fire lit in my soul to work, discover, live for this profession forever. I am in love with Butter. Plain and simple.