And so another chapter in my life is coming to a close. This winter season has been a wild ride to say the least! I'd never lived anywhere during the winter that got any snow to speak of, so I was in for a few hard lessons here in Wyoming... I've spent a few summers working here and thought I'd owed myself a winter season, man was that a bad call! But I got to cook in a brand new restaurant, see some pretty amazing things, play guitar with some great people, and generally live it up as much as I could.
There were some downsides: missing the holidays with my family, getting treated like shit at work, not being around the few friends I have here, not making enough money (I support my two younger sisters, pay for one's school and the other's apartment while she tries to get into grad school), things like that. But I managed to stay fed most days and warm most of the time, so I'll call it a win.
Now that the season's over and the resort is closing its time for me to pack it up and move on. The glamorous life of the wayward travelling chef for me! I'll be head south towards Georgia and home in a couple days. It's going to be great to spend time with my family and friends before hitting the road again. I can't wait to gorge myself on my mom's cooking! She's the one who taught me how to cook, and it will be amazing to get back in a kitchen with her again. My friends are all trying to make plans for as soon as I get home, but I keep telling them that I just want to sleep for a week! I'm sure I'll get dragged out every night, but hey, that's half the fun, right?
I'll actually be heading back to Wyoming in a few weeks, strangely enough. I was offered a sous chef position at a wonderful ranch up here working with one of my favorite people as my head chef. It should be a blast even though our hours in that kitchen are outrageous. (14 hour days 6 days a week!)
Anyway, I'm feeling pretty positive about life after a few months in some pretty dark places. Its been a rough winter, but I survived and am much stronger now. That's the best lesson I'm taking away from all this: Though today may bring you all kinds of hell, tomorrow's looking pretty damn awesome.
Keep on keeping on, guys. I will be.
There were some downsides: missing the holidays with my family, getting treated like shit at work, not being around the few friends I have here, not making enough money (I support my two younger sisters, pay for one's school and the other's apartment while she tries to get into grad school), things like that. But I managed to stay fed most days and warm most of the time, so I'll call it a win.
Now that the season's over and the resort is closing its time for me to pack it up and move on. The glamorous life of the wayward travelling chef for me! I'll be head south towards Georgia and home in a couple days. It's going to be great to spend time with my family and friends before hitting the road again. I can't wait to gorge myself on my mom's cooking! She's the one who taught me how to cook, and it will be amazing to get back in a kitchen with her again. My friends are all trying to make plans for as soon as I get home, but I keep telling them that I just want to sleep for a week! I'm sure I'll get dragged out every night, but hey, that's half the fun, right?
I'll actually be heading back to Wyoming in a few weeks, strangely enough. I was offered a sous chef position at a wonderful ranch up here working with one of my favorite people as my head chef. It should be a blast even though our hours in that kitchen are outrageous. (14 hour days 6 days a week!)
Anyway, I'm feeling pretty positive about life after a few months in some pretty dark places. Its been a rough winter, but I survived and am much stronger now. That's the best lesson I'm taking away from all this: Though today may bring you all kinds of hell, tomorrow's looking pretty damn awesome.
Keep on keeping on, guys. I will be.
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Good luck to you in Georgia and wherever you go.
I grew up in Georgia, so I'm not at all used to this -30 degrees thing y'all have going on up here! I hate that you're going through a rough year, man. I'm young yet, but I've seen enough to know there's almost always greener pastures ahead, just gotta push through the bullshit and find your silver lining over the next hill. (wow, talk about sounding cliched and mixing metaphors, huh?)
As far as my being positive, what else is there to do? Product of my lifestyle I would guess. I move around a lot, work seasonal jobs for the most part. So I know that I'll be gone soon wherever I am. Its only sad when I love where I'm at, not when I'm getting kicked around. Life on the move can be hard, but there are some real advantages.