once upon a time

Once upon a time Chef was cooking and loving it. He chefed seasonally just after graduating from culinary school. He worked in Denali Park (Alaska), Mammanath ski resort in California, and then in Glacier National Park (Monanta). Then he met me and bent to my will in regards to not living in California, I just couldn't handle the SoCal life. One week and I had had enough. The only place the we knew we both knew and liked was Montana so we headed back and here we are. Chef has not had the greatest run of employment here. He has worked for a chain restuarant, a small cafe, a place that couldn't seem to keep their books and would bounce employee paychecks on a regular basis, a small hotel restuarant, an assisting living facility,a nice upscale restuarant on a lake, and then back to the same small cafe again. I tell you all this because "I" believe that my husband is very talented and this area has no idea what they are missing. I also tell you this because a month ago he made the "FINAL" decision to NOT under any terms go back to said small cafe...ever...ever...again! A day later the cafe shut its doors. He had a feeling that the place would close it doors soon but didn't realize that all it would take was him leaving.

In the last month he has found a new job at...wait for it...a call center for Bank of America. He HATES IT, however he is employed and we are very greatful for that. In this ecomomy you take what you can get and make the best of it. There are defently moments when he finds it funny say when he gets a call from a man who has "befriended" a call girl and she takes his ATM card and pin, or when he got the call from the man in Compton who didn't know where his bank was. The calls themselves can be tough but the rules and timeframes that he must work within are obserd! If you are away from your desk for more then 4 min you have to get the additional time you were gone approved...you actually have to be apporved to take a shit if it takes you more then 4 min!!!!

All that being said he doesn't really want to go back to working in the kitchen. He feels that he needs to gain experience in other areas so that one day he might be able to do sales or something that he would be capable of even with the MS as it progresses. He is continuly thinking about whatelse is out there and how he might qualify or learn what he needs to qualify to do the jobs he wants to do. For now though we just press forward, be thankful for what we have, and imbrace the day!