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.