I am so excited to now be officially employed at Heitzman Traditional Bakery and Deli on Shelbyville and Hurstbourne Rd. It is such a good experience and I'm getting accustomed to it pretty well. I have already gotten to start decorating cookies and I watch the cake decorator do her thing everyday. There is so much potential for me there and it is exactly the kind of place I would like to open someday. It also puts me in a happy mood because of getting to talk to customers everyday. I also move out of the dorms at the end of this quarter and into an apartment with my best friend and my cat! I can't wait, I feel like such an adult now!! Plus, I'm having so much fun with artisan breads this quarter. Today we started on our dead dough piece which is basically a sculpture made of bread. I am creating an owl. Life is going just the way I had planned it to for now, in fact it is even better then I thought it would be by just the end of three quarters! I get to order my blues soon, which will be chef whites with my name embroidered on them and a new blue cap. Scheduling for next quarter happens this Friday! Everything is going so fast!!

-Kate Richter