Oh wait…no I’m not. We have our practical exam on bread starting tomorrow morning, and I’m kinda nervous. So far I’ve done really well on the practicals, but the bread unit has given me a little trouble. We have 4 days to make 9 kinds of bread, which doesn’t seem like a lot, but some of them have to be made over a couple of days. So it’s gonna take some planning to get everything done and still leave myself some time to redo anything that I might screw up the first time. The only comfort that I have is that everyone else has had some trouble with this unit too, so at least I know that it’s not just me.
Tomorrow I have to make croissant and danish dough (to bake on tues), make brioche, start on my sourdough (a three day process) and make all the fillings for my danish. If I get everything done on Monday and Tuesday like I’ve planned, I should be fine for the rest of the week. Of course, I want to go in early tomorrow morning to get started, but that’s not stopping me from staying up way too late tonight. It’s like I put off all the stuff I wanted to get done this weekend until Sunday night, and now I’m running around like the proverbial chicken sans head. And I do this every weekend…you’d think I’d learn by now. Well I should try to get some sleep, 5 am comes mighty soon when you don’t get to bed ’til midnight.