I just returned from a great trip to Denver where I had a chance to visit both of our college girls. My first stop was outside the meat cutting lab on Amy's campus where I watched her cut up chickens. She's practicing for the practical which she'll take tomorrow. Her class also made sausages today, and even though I'm not much of a sausage person, they actually looked pretty good. At 10:15 the class headed to the dining room for an early lunch prepared and served by some of the other classes. We had 5 courses, and I loved almost every bit of it. I'll admit, I just couldn't bring myself to try the fried frog legs. But the lobster bisque was wonderful, and so was the chicken dish which was baked in puff pastry. I wanted to get my camera out but everything happened so fast! If you set your utensils down in the 4:00 position on your plate (even by accident), your plate was whisked away. With each course came new utensils, and Amy actually had to instruct me on some of the table etiquette. It's a little different than our meals at home! We also had freshly baked rolls and a watercress salad. For dessert each person at the table was served something different. They were all beautiful, quite yummy, and very rich. After class Amy introduced me to Harry, her 71 year old friend who will graduate next month with his Culinary Arts degree. He and Amy have become special friends, and I've heard a lot about him, so it was nice to finally see the twinkle in his eye firsthand. He's delightful!
In case you're wondering, Amy is doing really well and is quite happy to be back at school. The incision on her neck from the drain is almost closed up. The main problem right now is that she has to keep it covered for class, but her skin is sensitive to bandaids, and each time she pulls it off she's left with raw skin. She's been using lots of aquaphor and is hopeful that once the incision closes up completely she'll be home free. It shouldn't be long now.
After leaving Amy's campus I headed over to Mines to see Laura. I would have loved to wrap my arms around her, but she's still unbelievably sore from the field day tricycle races on Saturday, and she's so bruised I was barely able to touch her. I did, however, get to see her beautiful engagement ring. I have to say that while the pictures I'd seen of it were beautiful, it was even more stunning to see it firsthand. She's a happy girl...glows despite her obvious pain. She and Ian still haven't had a chance to sit down with a calendar and someone from their church to set a wedding date, but that's one of the things they hope to accomplish very soon.
All in all, it was a wonderful day. But I'm happy to be home with my computer, a blanket, a cup of hot tea, Brian, Bethany, and our beagle...not in that order!
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