i've been at the orange grove center for a while, and i know it's not the place for me. i've decided it's time to do something about that. i've needed to look hard at what it is i want to do for a while but it's really hard to pin something down, and after sending out all those resumes last winter with no response, it's pretty daunting to prepare myself to do it again. for now, i think i've decided to look for a way to mentor as a profession.  i love students and it would be awesome to get paid to care for them. there are many ways to do this i'm sure, but i've been especially interested in the opportunities teaching would afford me lately. so, i filled out an application with an organization called teach/here. through them, i would be able to get a master's in education from the university of tennessee, knoxville while staying in chattanooga and after teaching for four years, the tuition would be completely forgiven. in addition, i would be an apprentice teacher, so to speak, and would have access to lots of help as i started my teaching career. it's a wonderful opportunity, but only 18 will get in between both knoxville and chattanooga, so we'll see what happens.

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Creamy Potato Soup

i love soup. it's by far my favorite non-bread type of food to cook, because it is so improvisational. you can make soup from just about anything, and it's a great way to use random things that are just lying around your kitchen. this soup of course, is not full of random things, but rather pretty ordinary ingredients. in fact, you could probably make this soup right now if you substituted regular milk (or almond milk, or rice milk, or goat milk, you could even use cream or half & half... you get the idea, just keep it unflavored!) for soymilk. that just happens to be what we had on hand.