My Crazy, Tragic, sometimes almost Magic, Awful Beautiful, Life.

Wow. What a crazy life I live. So much about my life has changed in the last month and is going to continue to change with this next month. I know I've been hush about details so this blog is to bring everyone up to the same level.

In February I hit my two year mark with MP3Farms, and while I love the pigs, I haven't been as pleased with everything else. I had told myself in November that in 6 months I would be somewhere different. So I started looking. I updated my resume and applied for jobs, with no return. Which anyone one with job search experience can tell you is pretty depressing. 

So along comes the Christmas season and while visiting my father, it comes up that if I could drop everything and go to culinary school, I would. Well leave it to my father, the wonderful man that he is, to offer to house and feed me for the duration of school if I was serious. Wait, did anyone hear that? It was opportunity pounding on the door. 

Don't worry, I wasted no time in figuring out where I could go to school and still live with my dad. Which led me to apply to the Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State. The application was the easy part, since then I've had to submit transcripts, take placement testing and apply for financial aid. The whole process has taken a couple months. 

In the meantime, completely out of the blue a few weeks ago I got an email from an Ag Talent seeking group looking to fill a position on a hog farm. The chosen person would receive a salary, company car and have a masters degree paid for. The catch was that the farm was in Iowa. Well, once again I couldn't let this opportunity pass me by so I updated my resume and sent it in. 

I then proceeded to hear absolutely nothing back. Not even a confirmation that they received my email. Bummer. 

So here it is, March and time for my vacation. I still don't know my admission status for the MCI and I don't know if I'm going to hear back about this job or not. So Friday morning I called the MCI and guess what?

 I'M GOING TO CULINARY SCHOOL!!!!

Yep! That's right, and the best part? I'm starting May 5th! So soon! So I basically have a month to quit, pack, move and start school. Did I mention I'm also putting on three Skin Care Classes and a Grand Opening Party with Mary Kay and running a Spartan Sprint? Holy hell somebody pinch me! 

So yeah, that's what my life has looked like. I plan to write some posts about my vacation as it was pretty dang awesome. So stay tuned!

Thanks for reading,

Lauren