A Little Nervous About Tomorrow

It turns out that the company with a job on hold for me is more excited than I knew to try me out and get me going. I talked with my interviewer this morning and he said that, depending on my skill level, they may end up shuffling other people around so I can work closer to my home. That's a nice thought. The scary thought is the whole skill level thing. Tomorrow I will be going to one of the stores, meeting with one of their best cake decorators and, hopefully successfully, completing the tasks she asks of me.

Ok, I think I'm not too bad at what I do. I enjoy decorating cakes and there has been DEFINITE improvement since I started decorating for Macey's seven years ago. Yeah, I get stressed about wedding cakes but I THINK I do a pretty good job of pulling things off most of the time. I will admit that I was quite proud of Rick'n'Abby's wedding cake. I don't have the most experience with fondant but I can cover a cake and decorate it with fondant roses and leaves. I have minimal experience creating gumpaste flowers and marzipan characters- unless you're on Food Network, most stores and bakeries don't expect you to have those skills.

So why am I worried? In all likelihood, I won't need to know more than I did on my final day working at Macey's and I've learned quite a bit since then. I guess I just want them to be... Impressed? Or at least feel satisfied that I really made the cakes in my portfolio... Which I did. GAH! I'm probably worrying for nothing. It's just... The last time that someone inside my profession judged my work- and it mattered and affected my life- was while I was attending culinary school and chefs were grading me... And I got good grades so why am I worried?

Ok, I'm going to bed because I'll only feel better when this is over and it'll come "sooner" if I sleep. Plus, I need to get a good nights' sleep anyway.