Well it's now August of 2004 and Ella Mae is cooking at ATO and I am in my second year as the cook at Pi Beta Phi. I am, however having a difficult time with the 'house mom' who began to work there that previous semester after replacing the live-in grad student I originally started with. We seem to clash more with every passing day and the fun of this job seems to be fading with each conflict. I do however continue to work well with Donna who is the 'housekeeper'. She and I seem to have hit it off immediately and we always try to assist one another whenever needed. I would always have the radio on and sometimes we could be heard breaking out in song for which the 'girls' must have thought someone was in their final moments of a horrible and agonizing death and those sounds were coming from the kitchen no less! This association and our occasional laughing spells helped to relieve the stress of the continuing battles, which now seemed to be heading to a
My journey and experiences....