• Mr. Peters insults me....I E-mail him back never hear of it again.  Hopefully he has only become a better teacher from my influence.
• After asking Susan to HomeComing and being very proud of myself in doing so, I get the opportunity that I now will cherish forever.....no matter what happens.
• Susan and I seem to grow farther apart as a result of HomeComing.....though seemingly only temporary...I began to wonder why this was happening.
• During the course of this blog I keep in good contact with Lauren....though I can not directly talk with her...I hope and pray I see her at tennis camp this coming summer.  And maybe I'll visit her after camp too!
• I finally confront Susan about the issues...and tell her that I like her a lot...things seem to get a little better....though there are still some questions to be answered.
• In conclusion Susan tells me that she would just like to be friends.....though I am surprised at first...as I now look back on it, even though it was just yesterday, I already feel better...and maybe things are just better of this way.  Only time will tell.  I just hope that nothing that I did has a negative effect on our relationship...and that despite my still very active feelings for her...that we may sometime just hang out and enjoy each other's company without all the mess that has encapsulated this event. 
• I just want to thank everyone that has helped me over the last half of a year deal with everything and everyone...your words are heart-warming.

What is next for me....

• Now that I am permanetly ending this set of entries I will continue to blog about my current life..and keep everyone as updated as possible on myself.  I have decided to name my next set of entries "The Next Chapter" in hopes of new storylines in my life.
• I will continue to update people on my business and tennis as well.  I only hope that people enjoy reading about these topics...but I will keep the current storylines as alive as I can.  I just hope there will be more positives....correction I know there will be.
  

• I liked the secrecy of a blog...while still being able to express my true thoughts and intentions to others in the future if I so choose to do so...which I have.
• I needed a way to get out some of my thoughts so that I didn't forget what I really wanted to know and thought about things...the world of IM'ing is all too often not truthful enough...and so I felt a need to write down what was left out of the IM's. 
• And lastly, I wanted a way to tell people about my life for the past half of a year....I will continue to show this blog to people as I feel more and more comfortable with people knowing about what as really been happening with me.   

I hope that whoever reads this is happy to read this...and doesn't take offense to anything that has happened between us....I hope people understand that this blog is here to let me vent and more easily express myself.  And lastly I hope that people tell me about the blog...the worst thing a person could do is to just read this and not do something with it....even if it's something simple like leaving a message on the board...or something more like E-mailing me about the blog and talking to me about stuff. 

Please, I hope you enjoyed learning about me. 

• Blahness was today's main theme.
• Yeah so I'm still confused about what to think.....so I'm not trying to think at all..but that hasn't been working at all....maybe I should've never started in the first place.....things wouldn't be such a "mess"...but I just had to go for the gold instead of the silver or bronze.....of course there's someone else the gold has found it seems.....though I have no confirmation of this....I"m still clueless and looking for answers.....of course they will be hard to come by as I have no direct connections to the contenders and such...only to the gold itself....and that seems to be fading for lack of a better description.....and I don't like that at all....I wanted the opposite...I wanted to win the gold....but as for now no one has seemingly won the race....put I'm not the front runner I know...so I'll have to make up some distance......I just hope the race isn't rigged.
• So Yeah...I really don't what to do.....I could be bold and brave and just flat out say what I think...or I could just hope I win....... I don't know....this is all so messy.......maybe things would just be better if I say, back-tracked like to before any of this "stuff" started to happen....but can't now...and I don't know if I would really want to....I had a good time and all....it's just now I'm aiming higher...and it's harder to reach the gold.  I'm not sure if I can make it to the top...but I'll try my best...and if that isn't enough....then maybe some super lucky thing will happen....or maybe the prize might just decide it wants me instead of the original winner?  
• That last paragraph really doesn't do much...but for some reason I felt I had to type it...as if I had left some things out the first large paragraph.
• So yeah..my mind is clouded...and I don't see any break in the bad weather soon.......there seems to be a break in the bad weather though.....a ray of light.....but everytime I seem to get closer to it....it's as if it backs away from me. 

Chef Chad

• Jessica Simpson - With You

Today in Review...

• 2 Big Stories To Tell Today!!!  So I'll just skip school and get to the 9.5 stuff.
• Story 1 - Lauren
• So yeah....I had an away message on that read.....  " Hey all....I'm hopelessly pondering a question.  I'm home and just eating some fresh pineapple...so IM me.  "
• So Lauren leaves me one saying like........... "What question?"
• I respond that I'm not really sure and that it's more that... "I'm thinking about stuff "
• I then tell her that herself and "one other girl" (Susan, which I didn't tell her), are totally confusing me...and that the past couple of weeks my brain has been on overload trying to figure stuff out.
• She says that she had no idea she was confusing me.
• I then tell her the whole thing.....copied from our IM ....
• " my head spins when I think about you.....okay...well I'll just try and say this as straight forward as I can...... and let me add that it's not all your fault by any means...I"m equally "guilty"......so here's the thing..... there was this past summer...we met, we chatted, I was just about to come up to Columbus and then that got canceled....so we tried to cordinate another time to meet while talking on AIM over the summer...well it never happened....you were in SC for awhile...and I was @ Ohio Business Week.....and then school started and I hadn't seen you....and then homecoming rolls around and I ask you...and understandably you can't come...but then there's another guy which was honestly a shock to me...just because you had never said anything....and then we didn't talk for like 2 or 3 weeks cause I was upset and mad for awhile...and then we started talking again...but when we did it always seemed to me like you had something else to do...or you were in a hurry....or you didn't wanna talk some of the times.....and to me it seems like it's been like that since then....and now this whole calling thing (which I'm probably making to big of a deal of)....but you know.... I try calling....and you don't pick up...and I leave a message..and you say you never got one....and then I wonder if I had the right number...sure enough I did...but you said I never called....though I know I did...twice......and that's about it "   
• She replies w/ appropiately w/ " wow  " , " I don't know what to say to that "
• We talk a bit longer....I am in a state of relief to say the least.  Just to let anyone who reads this know... If something is bothering you (take it from me)...just tell the person...it's gonna take like a month for my brain to resume normal functioning now cause I waiting so long....at least I figured this out before X-Mas break...I will sleep 20 times easier now.
• Story 2 - Susan
• So I start talkign w/ Susan cause I'm in such a good mood since I talked w/ Lauren....we're just talking about stuff...and I mention that I'm feeling much better today since I got some stuff off my chest...and she asks what I got off my chest.....so I send her my IM w/ Lauren...she reads and replies with...
• " awwwww" , " awwwwww", " awwwww", "She sounds cute" (referring the Lauren), to which which I confirm that Lauren is very cute but that I haven't seen her since the tennis camp over the past summer...and all I have now are some pics of her from it...and our chatting on AIM....and obviously that I miss her but that there's only so much I can do.  Well.......
• Then Susan, being the observant reader she is asks me who "the other girl" is.....in the IM between me and Lauren that I sent Susan I mentioned "the other girl".........well that's when I was in trouble :-)
• I guess it's fate or something that I didn't realize I had said that in the IM and coincidentally she "stumbled" upon it and asked....I unintentially set myself up.
• well then I try and have her guess cause I'm too shy/nervous/scared to just tell her the truth....well she keeps nudging me...and I finally just tell her that she's the other girl...much to her surprise.
• I explain the whole thing and we chat about it a little while longer....her " awwww" count reached 6....perhaps a new record.
• She says that she likes me more than a friend...but then in a weird moment says " but I like everyone as a friend" as if to take away meaning and importance from the fact that she likes me as more than a friend.  I can't figure that one out...and here's partially why it's not a 9.9 day.....
• I never really asked her directly what she thought of me and so I'm still not sure on her position...and it's bugging me a decent amount as you could imagine.  So I think I'm just going to ask her tonight before I let it go w/ out being asked...and regret it forever.  Soon enough we were off the main subject and then I had to go since it was late...like 11:30ish I think.  Unfortunatly our IM ending with me feeling like there still wasn't any clear answer....and so I want to find out soon.  From a more inner view of mine it still seems like she is reluctant to tell me the truth, seems weird I guess...but it's just this "vibe" I'm getting...and I don't know what's keeping her from just telling me straight forward w/ out adding little comments that blur everything up.  But nonetheless, I'm still glad that I got it out there...I'm hoping and praying something good comes of this.....I'm not really sure what...but something.

»  So yeah......phew....there's my day.  Overall, very successful and enlightening...but still some questions that need answered.

• Lindsay Pagano - Everything You Are

Some of my favorite songs to listen to during the past month:

                      »Celine Dion - I'm Your Angel
                      »Frankie J. - Don't Wanna Try (Remix)
                      »Lonestar - My Front Porch Looking In
                      »Bubba Sparxx - Deliverance
                      »Clay Aiken - Invisible
                      »Marques Houston - Clubbin'
                      »Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong

Today In Review...

• Got up early to pick up Adric....I wonder when he is ever gonna get his license....he turned 16 over the past summer :-(
• Donuts in advisory curtosey of Chelsea....I had a cream-filled, chocolate iced donut.....delicous!
• Physics was pretty boring, but for some reason I'm liking Physics a lot and I am for sure taking Physics 2 next year!
• IT I worked w/ Tom and Alex on our BPA project for an inventory program in VB...good times...we even created our own cubicle in the IT room!  We also had a speaker 3rd period from Lexis Nexus...who talked to us about the IT industry.....he did a pretty bad job and not many people were actively listening...but I did happen to ask him about doing some job shadowing @ Lexis Nexus sometime...he's suposed to get back to me on it.
• Calc....yet another day w/ a sub....God bless!  Just fooled around like the past 3 days.....it was glorious....chatting w/ Steven and Madhu the entire time and just sat there....not really learning anything anyways.....it's really too bad....but Klein is like a sucky teacher officionado! 
• Lunch was pretty funny as usual....good times and what not.....hehe....Albert went up to Jessica and tried to get her (jokingly) to go to Christmas Dance w/ him for $.01....a joke related to something Alyssa had in her profile about Jessica.  It was hilarious.....following the incident Jessica burst out @ Randal who continued to laugh...as did everyone else....Good Times!
• Government was pretty boring...just working on our Senate simulation
• English was uh....intellectual as usual...just discussed Billy Budd.
• Got home like 1 hour ago...just doodling around.
• Got a tennis tournament match later tonight @ 9:00...wish me luck (not that you'll read this in time to do so :-)

Past Month In Review...

• Major Highlights
  • Prepared delivered food for Lucas's party....guess I'm a little disappointed in how many people actually ate...considering that about 6 or 7 people didn't want food....but for those who did eat...they all enjoyed it....I've gotten very nice comments about it.  Lucas still owes me some money though he seems to not wanna give it to me by way of "forgetting" about it and not saying anything to me.  Hopefully I'll get paid in full....of course I spent near 70.00 dollars for all the food...and so far I've only gotten 55.00 dollars....something seems a bit quirky about that...not too mention all the time I put into making it all happen....but I guess if for no other reason than to do some marketing it was good!
  • Competed in my first 18's tennis tournament...lost my first 2 matches in that tournament...then the next week I had another tournament....I lost my first match...but won my second match somewhat convincingly!!!!!!! Lost my third match.  I really enjoyed losing though (as weird as that may sound)....I had a good match and I just flat out lost....so it was still fun and that's what counts.
  • Prepared and delivered an ice cream cake for Susan's brother Andy's B-day.  It was a vanilla ice cream cake with candy (Twizzlers, M&M's, and Oreo's inside and on top).  I then spray it blue!  I guess the reason this stands out is because Susan ordered something from me to put it plain and simple...whether or not it means anything beyond that I don't know...and I don't wanna make more out of it than it may be...but it's still cool and all that she thought of me when they (her family and her) wanted a cake!  Plus it tasted great...so that's all good!!!!! 
  • Contacted Mr. Contardi about being a CIT @ Nike Tennis Camp this coming summer...I really hope I get to do so...it will be great fun!  I need to write him a letter back though w/ dates and times I'm available.  Not only will it be lots of fun to help the kids/teenagers...but also I get to see Lauren!!
  • Susan is umm.....a puzzle :-).....I'm having the most difficult time figuring out anything....from all I can see/gather she just likes me as a friend and that's that....but I constantly think about it...and it's bothering me like crazy....and of course she'll never say anything...and I doubt I will until I go even crazier about this all.  I don't really see her much which is a major bummer....but things are the way they are I guess...not much I can do about it.  I can only hope for now....I wish I'd say something to her...but I'm unsure of the reprocutions of saying something "bold" like that to her.  I'll keep my fingers crossed and wish for the best I guess.

Well that just about wraps up this blog entry. 

Chef Chad

Today in review....

• Wake up early to get to school early in order to distribute Cooking Club surveys to the advisor's mailboxes....hopefully it will start up.....keeping the fingers, toes, etc... crossed!
• Dropped off catering proposal @ Mr. Meyers's room... !!!!!!!
• 1st-4th periods boring
• Lunch....visited Mr. Morgan about designing a new site.....didn't really get anywhere...but got a couple of good ideas....but not what I really was hoping for.
• Government boring
• Talked to Susan before English started.....here's the Bad News....
  • So earlier last week she informed me that she would be running at state competition in Columbus this past weekend....so I made her a card real quick on Friday as good luck surprise that I gave to her on Friday before English (the one time I'm sure to see her).
    • So today I asked her how she did @ competition.....and the bummer....
      • Her coach pulled her and she never ran....so she was all bummed about it...and I feel really bad cause not only did I make her the card and all, and she was really really nervous/excited to run....but then when I asked her she said that one of the phrases you don't want a girl to say to you "I really don't wanna talk about it"....so yeah......it's really a shame...and I don't wanna ask her why she got pulled even though I'm curious...I suppose it's just b/c her coach thought someone else would do better...and that's sports for you....but it's still really saddening...... :-(
• English...essay test...I think I did really well....
• Picked up some of the completed surveys...it seems as though whatever advisor it was wasn't very diligent about distributing them to his/her advisees.....b/c only 4 of them were even marked....so that's upsetting....it will hopefully get better though.
• Headed off to open courts....it was fun.....Randy Bowl & I beat Vic & Sean 6-3......I played surprisingly well!
• Went to bowling league...bowled a 140 & then a 97......the 140 had a turkey in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On-Going Projects/Things...  (The Good News)

• Well, yesterday my friend Lucas asked me if I'd cater his next LAN party (the 21st, Friday before Thanksgiving)....there's gonna be about 20 people!!!!!!
• I'm working on perfecting my wraps for the leadership academy catering for 35!  Very exciting!
• Trying to set up an interview @ Truffles for leadership academy!

That's all for now...until later...

Chef Chad

• An 8.9 is associated with a great day....though not a 9 b/c even though great things happened select days of the year have shown themselves to be slightly better.  Fun & enjoyment along with an excellent business day are also key characteristics.

The Day In Review....

• Arrive @ school just in time to get to advisory....
• Begin to finish my calc homework which I suspect Klein will collect since he emphasized to us that we should do it.
• Physics....got a 92/100 on a test.....making my final grade in the class an A-...not too bad....I screwed up mainly in the beginning of the quarter but all my test grades were high!  "Sleep" for a good majority of the rest of class.
• IT ....finish up my Calc homework @ the last moment (phew)!  More or less slacked off today....I didn't really feel like getting stuff done cause what we're doing is boring me out of my mind.....things will hopefully improve though
• AND THE BIGGEST NEWS OF THE DAY
• Mr. Meyers, who runs the leadership club I'm in at CHS, asked me if I'd like to cater the next meeting we have...so I'll be doing that...there's gonna be at 35 people...so lots of food to be cooked...and lots of money and advertising to do :-)))))
• Calc...boring boring boring.....turned in that homework that he actually collected for like the first time in a month...left class early for Lunch Buddies....
• Lunch Buddies :-)
• Stop @ Tim Horton's before to grab some lunch...A roastbeef sandwhich and an iced capaccino
• Arrive @ Normandy 5 minutes early....
• Zach arrives...we head to the lunch room to him some lunch...then back to the strings room to eat & chat.
• Chat we do...talkus muchus indeed
• Zach is really cool of course....says he got straight A's this quarter...I'm not surprised though :-)
• We head to Zach's study hall to read a book that he didn't read yesterday b/c he was sick
• Finish the book and head back to Zach's hoomroom....I leave a minute or 2 later when his class starts.
• Headed back to CHS....oh joy :-(
• Arrive for Government about 20 min into class....learning about the executive branch...hehe...what a joke...and yet...it's fun
• See Susan as I do almost every day after Gov & before English....we chat for a couple of seconds as usual.....ah...she's so nice...a joy to see at the end of the day.
• English...uh...we get our quarter grades....I have a B...not bad considered my test grades were all C's....go over some poems....usual day in English
• After school I got to Mrs. Shanks's room to talk with her about my business and making a flyer for the teachers...
• Talked about my site...and my new site ( chefchad.com ) once I get it designed
• Talked about minimizing my menu and eliminating side orders
• Talked about job shadowing some people for my Leadership Club interview I need to do.
• Discussed getting an EIN number to eliminate my tax costs
• I head home after a long day of school and such.
• When I arrive at home I find out that someone has ordered a cake for Thanksgiving
• Yellow cake, 2 layer, white icing......very simple.....it'll be really good though.
• Update my menu ( www28.brinkster.com/chadman123123 )

Other noteworthy things....

• I have a tennis tournament this weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun)
• Sometime this week hopefully there should be a survey in advisory for Cooking club assuming the principal okays it
• Did a Pancake Breakfast this past Sat. morn for Interact Club @ Southern Presbitarian Church
• Halloween...
• I'm going out for like an hour w/ friends...and then for the last hour I'm doing candy @ my house so my mom can take my lil bro out ...
• I'm gonna set up my strobe light, and mini disco light too
• Lava lamps in the window
• And of course I'll be player my Irish Dance Music!

That's all for now...til later...Chef Chad

• 19th
• A 7.0 is associated with a pretty good day, usually something good, and perhaps something that decreased the goodness of that day.
• 20th
• A 9.0 is associated with a great day!  Usually something out of the ordinary or super cool happens. 

The 19th in review...

• Cooked & delivered Sara her cheesy mashed potatoes she had ordered, today I found out she loved them!
• Went to Adric's for games, food, and Matrix Reloaded...
• The movie was really good, maybe a 8.75 out of 10, especially all the special effects!
• Food....you can't go wrong w/ chips, pop, and pizza (espcially when it has pineapple on it)
• Games were fun....Halo and Soul Calibur 2
• Of course something just had to go wrong didn't it????
• So I was at Adric's, with like 4 others and we were watching matrix reloaded and eating stuff and playing games.....well we were all just chatting and making jokes and stuff and someone said something to Adric that was funny, I added on to it, making it even funnier....well then Adric being the idiot he is decided to take the thing he was holding in his hand (a big flash light) and whack my arm with it.....damn it hurt.....then he's all like "sorry Chad"....blah blah blah......then he's like "I feel bad I hit the peacemaker"
• Damn right he better feel bad...my instincts tell me that perhaps there was more to him hitting me than just the fact that I said something funny to him....but I don't know what it would be, so go figure?
• Got home and went to sleep!

The 20th in review...

• Woke up round 9:15
• At 10:00, I head for Columbus to meet Gordon Zacks, the CEO and founder of RG Barry Corp. to discuss my online restaurant as well my future plans of opening up my restaurant and then expanding.
• So I first stop at my grandma's house, who coincidently lives about 1 minute from Block's Bagels, the deli me and Mr. Zacks were meeting at.
• Around 12:20 I left Grandma's for Block's
• Gordon and I both got cream cheese and lox sandwhiches (great minds think alike) :-)
• To sum up what we talked about....
• My online restaurant - it's future, possible ideas, past failure of almost all businesses that are based on delivering food to someone's house/office
• Opening my own restaurant - What kinda restaurant, where, how many & when
• Getting a job - This was his main point to me & I know I need to get a job for a number of reasons...
• To get into Johnson & Wales (culinary school I'd like to go to) I need to have worked in a restaurant like environment at least 6 months
• It will help me have a better understanding for when I finally decide to open my own restaurant (his main point to me)
• Make connections in the food business
• So Gordon's favorite phrase to use was "if you know the business of the business then you'll be ready to do that business yourself". 
• He urged that I get a job at a small restaurant, preferably like what I wanna start off as, 1 restaurant (no chain, or mutliple restaurants).  So I plan to start looking into it, I'm not sure where though yet....I have a couple of choices so I'll call around and see what they say.
• Meeting w/ Gordon was great, he's very inspirational and just a great guy to know!
• And the other great thing that happened today...
• Mrs. Shanks ordered some more food, and lots of it!
• BBQ Salmon Dinner
• Zesty Veggies
• 3 - Cherry and Apple Crisp
• Yay!!!!!!!!
• She also said that she loved last week's food I made for her...
• Sauteed salmon served with an orange cream sauce, steamed veggies, and an cinnamon-apple rice pilaf
• 2 pints of homemade apple cobbler ice cream
• Later tonight I'll be playing tennis w/ mom and going to dinner!

So that's it for the past 2 days!!!!! What a great weekend!

Chef Chad

• Woke up feeling better than usual
• Arrived at school and began my semi-normal school day
• In Physics I get a 98% on the Chp. 3 test....yee hah.....raising my grade to an 90%
• IT is fun as always
• Calc.....yeah.....it just plain sucks
• Lunch Buddies was amazing...a 2 part story if you will!
  • Zach....
    • So I head to Normandy to meet my 4th grade lunch buddy
    • His name....Zachary Miller
    • He's about 5"2', dirty blonde/brownish hair
    • He's adorable, cute, kind, smart, and just a great kid!
    • He doesn't play any sports on a team, or any instruments but he enjoys playing at the park and playing w/ cards and stuff
    • His dad lives in Florida, he lives w/ his Mom
    • He has no syblings
    • He likes to cook....not like I do...but I'll try and change that :-)
    • He also enjoys computers
    • We talked while we were eating our lunches and then headed back to his classroom for about 10 minutes!
    • I'm gonna have a lot of fun w/ Zach over the next 6 or 7 months in Lunch Buddies....I'm just oh so excited!!!!!!!!!!! 
  • My Lil' Bro...Jody....
    • Well, Jody is in 3rd Grade.....it just so happens the 3rd and 4th grade share a hall....so lucky me I got to see my little brother!!!!
    • I stopped at the door to his classroom and lucky for me again they (the class) were having silent reading time....so I waved to him and said hi....and then the cuttest thing ever!!!!!
      • Jody looks up and give a big smile and goes, "CHADDY!!!!!" and then gets up and comes and gives me a big hug!  Ah, it felt so good!
      • What a great moment!!!!!!
• Yeah so the rest of the day has gone well...talked w/ Susan on AIM, talked to some other folks as well
• Um, my Wall Reflect animation finally finished up....of course the snow doesn't move....and I'm pissed about that.....but it's still a neat image and stuff! 
  • If you wanna see the animations write me a message!
• Thacker is designing a new wallpaper, it's okay...but needs major work in my opinion.

So that's it for today....I'll be back to write again.....til later...

Chef Chad

Well let's see...I need ratings for 2 days....

Sunday's Rating - 8.5
Monday's Rating - 7.5
Tuesday's Rating - 6.0

• Explanation of Sunday's rating....
• An 8.5 is usually associated with a fun filled day...though not a 9 because it doesn't measure up to past current days and/or lacked some things that would've made it better.
• Explanation of Monday's rating....
• A 7.5 is usually associated with a good day of school as well as a modest amount of laughter and joking.  Though not an 8 because there were no events that stood out or made the day spectacular or highly enjoyable.
• Explanation of Tuesday's rating....
• A 6 is usually associated with a generally boring day....though usually nothing bad happened, nothing excited or thrilling happened....Also, usually the day seems like it should've been better than what it turned out to be.

Review for Sunday...

• Walk for Diabetes from 12:00 till 2:30....a 5k (3.1 miles).  A walk around and near Fraize Pavillion.  Randy was able to come too, which made the day that much better.  Free food, walking, and doing something for a great cause all made this event spectacular.  Also, Stacy Kitchen, Jamie Coolie, and Holly Shrek were all there walking too...chattin' with them was enjoyable to say the least!  I will definetly do this for the next behgillion years :-) 
• Tennis at KTC was fun as well...The kid I played wasn't very enthusiastic or for that matter all that good (I beat him 6-2, 6-1)....But afterwards I hit with Ben (A 13 or 14 year old I recently played in a tournament at Quail and beat).  This was lots of fun too.
• Made a run to Kroger's to return (and get a new one) a piece of salmon my mom had bought for me to cook for an order....turns out that the person who wrapped the salmon doesn't have any common sense and decided to scrunch up the salmon...when I unwrapped it, it was all torn up and looked horrible.  When I got back to the fish department the man who got me the new piece of salmon was also just as dumb and started to scrunch up the new piece of salmon....luckilly I was watching out for this and immediately ask him to make sure that he kept the salmon flat and not rolled up. 
• After returning home from Kroger's I began cooking Mrs. Shanks's order which included....Salmon w/ an orange cream sauce, steam veggies, and cinnamon-apple rice pilaf....also order 2 pints of homemade peach cobbler ice cream.  It all turned out really good...I was even impressed...especially with the salmon!  Of course I was up forever doing this.....but it wasn't work, "If you love what you do, then you'll never work another day in your life."
• Around 8 I went to play tennis w/ mom...this was in between making all the food....I had just about finished the rice pilaf when we left to play....When I returned, about 9:15 I continued to cook and finish all the rest of the food.....tennis was fun as usual!
• Went to bed after finishing all my cooking (about 2 in the morning).

Review for Monday...

• Extreme tiredness and the busy weekend take their toll on me as I find it hard to stay awake (much less wake up) in the morning
• I finally make it off to school w/ Mrs. Shanks's order as well as my brain...which was hard to find throughout the day. 
• Delivered her order and headed to advisory.
• School was a drag....that's about all I'm gonna say about school....
• The bright spots though in the day.....got to give 2 people their Homecoming name tag things that they didn't find or forgot to take w/ them....it was really good feeling to give them to them.  Just a way to make some people smile!
• Umm.....got home....slept from like 7 - 9:30 or so....then grabbed some food....and went back to sleep.  I never take naps....jeepers.

Review for Tuesday...

• I am back to my normal level of awakeness and am feeling somewhat refreshed.
• Got all dressed up for BPA and headed off to school
• Left school w/ IT class for BPA conference
• Elected officials & listened to keynote speaker...who only made one good point....
• The Platinum Rule (updated version of the Golden Rule)
• Treat others as they wish to be treated.
• Went to Fairfield Commons Mall for lunch and shopping.
• Got Chinese food for lunch and bought some chocolate there.
• Got back for 7th period....English was boring...but no homework or anything...so nothing really wrong w/ it.
• Got home and wrote some E-mails, chatted, did laundry.....babysitting now.
• Gonna do some hw tonight cause I just can't put it off any longer.  Darn.
• I need to focus more on my site and stuff now that HC is done and over with.

Well that's all for now....

Chef Chad saying byez.

Explanation of Rating...

• A 9 is representative of a GREAT day and time had by myself & others.  Though not a 10 due to the lack of perhaps 1 or 2 minor things.  The day was stupendous and will be treasured and remembered.

A Look Back On Homecoming...

• First and foremost....I had a great time
• Susan looked Great/Amazing/Super/Spectacular/Stunning/Incredible.......REALLY REALLY NICE
• Susan can dance....no I don't just mean dance...I mean DANCE...hehe....she's incredible
• The decorations were amazing and lovely.....The theme... "It Happened One Night" was great....it was like a 15 minutes of fame theme....really cool....good idea!  I took home a nice souveneir too...a fake metal film reel...outfitted w/ glitters and white, lacy fabric.  Also the name tag things were a very nice addition....I have taken pictures of our tag....Perhaps they will go on my site once I get it separated from the food site. 
• The music was pretty good....though there could've been more recent music played the stuff that was played was okay....and I've gotten a new favorite song thanks to HC... "Christina Aguilera - I Turn To You" ....listening to it almost non-stop at home on the computer...right now in fact....hehe....Susan doesn't exactly care for Christina Aguilera...or at least not her more recent music....Dirty for instance.....and she's not exactly into the kinda music like "I Turn To You" ...but whatever...hehe...they played it at HC...and let me tell you I wanted to dance w/ Susan....but yeah...she didn't really seem into the song...so I didn't say anything....I now regret it....this is 1 of the those minor things that made the day not a 10 but a 9.
• Actually, I wanna rant about this just for a moment or two...so this is really the only "complaint" I have about HC....I really really really really wanted to do one slow dance with Susan...for a number of reasons....well one....I sorta have a crush on Susan...not like big time serious crush....but I mean it would be fun to do more things with her and all....plus I'm not that best dancer so yeah something simple yet fun like a slow dance is ideal.  I really am sorta upset that I didn't ask her to dance to one of them....but I just couldn't get myself to do it....Perhaps another time......( hopeful foreshadowing)  :-)
• It was fun to see Susan and Claire dancing.
• I tried to dance....it probably looked pathetic, but at least I tried....I mean it would've of course been better if I was more talented...but the mere fact that I tried makes me feel good about myself...and hopefully Susan appreciated (if that's a good word to use) my attempts.
• For some reason Susan seemed to think that I wasn't having a good time or something.....or at least I wasn't having a good of a time as she wanted me to have....I tried to convince her that I was having a great time...but for some reason she wasn't accepting it...hehe...probably cause I wasn't exactly the most outgoing person when it comes to dancing or something....but  I think that by the end of the night she knew I had a great time....if not...I'll have to keep letting her know :-)
• For more minor points on HC.....the punch/water tasted fine....the ice sculpture was awesome....the check-in area was a complete mess, and the spot light outside was cute.
• If you ever read this Susan.....Thanks so much for a night to remember!  Hope you had just as much fun as I did!  :-)

So that's HC.

After Homecoming I went to Shannon's house for food and games and talking.  It was very fun too...just good and casual....we ate (and threw) M&M's, played Egyptian Rat Screw and Candy Land (both of which I won...oddly enough I guess, but nonetheless still sorta funny....guess it was my lucky day....good things happened to me throughout the day).  Oh I almost forgot....so I hadn't talked to Shannon for like 1.5 weeks about coming to her house after HC.....I had said that I might if Susan had to go home or something...in fact she did (which isn't what I had hoped for since we weren't able to do anything beforehand...but looking back on it...It's okay, I'll live...and hopefully I get another chance to do stuff w/ Susan in the next coming weeks/months/years so it's all good)...so I got to Shannon's like at 12:45 (HC ended at 12:00)...I think she was sorta surprised to see me since I hadn't really said if I was coming or not...but oddly enough I got there right as she (and some others) were pulling up in here car....so that was convienent (good timing too....amazing)!  Left around 3 or so when Sara wasn't feeling good at all...I felt really bad for her...I could tell she really wanted to leave but didn't exactly wanna tell Shannon that she just wanted to go....but oddly enough, and more or less a good thing.....Shannon's dog came in and knocked over a drink...well Sara & I cleaned it up since we were near it...and since we were already up we decided to leave while we were still standing.  She really looked out of it...it's too bad....but I got her home safe and sound and all.  She was fine the next day.  So I got home like 3:15 ish or so....I was then working on a wallpaper for the USA.  It turned out really nice too.  Finally got to sleep around 5 or 5:30.....

Well my day was just spectacular...I couldn't have asked for more I guess....and it's only a step forward....I'm really happy that I had the guts to ask Susan and further more that things all worked out nicely.  A day to remember indeed!

Until Later....Chef Chad