Friday, February 11th, 2011     12:17p

With my bought of insomnia earlier this week, and the dinner last night, it feels like this week was only three days long. I've been so busy this week that this is the first free moment I've had. The dinner went incredibly well; I heard nothing but praise with from all of our guests, as well as Madeline, the school president, and Chef Mark. It was a fun and busy night. I wish I had more to write about, but my mind is a bit wrecked from how little sleep I've gotten this week. Besides, I need to run off to work.

12:50p

I just had a wonderful ego boost. I bumped into Chef Mark out in the hall, and he stopped me to shake my hand and thank me for helping with the dinner last night. He also said "You have a bright future, Dylan." I can't say that anyone has told me that as sincerely as Chef Mark did. Just that small comment made me feel the best I ever have.

1:28p

Another moment of ego boosting. Soon after finishing my last entry, I bumped into Chef Franc, the chef many of the students say is a real hard-ass. He said "Thank you young man (Chef Franc barely remembers anyone's name, so he calls everyone "young man/lady" or for the young ladies in class he likes, "Giiiiiirl") for helping last night. I really appreciate it." It was the last part that really boost me. Chef Franc's a very short, and straight forward type, with a bit of a little hard ass in there. But for him to sincerely thank a student; that's something. I felt myself dosing on the drive to work, and have some time to kill, so I stopped here at the Starbucks here in town for some coffee. It's a nice quiet place to sit and write, with just a little sizzle coming from the "kitchen" of sorts that they have. Right kind of place for me to recollect my headspace that I seemed to have lost track of this week. It's interesting what little it takes to put one at ease sometimes.