A month or so ago, I had breakfast at the Skills Center which is less than a quarter mile from my house.  For 23 years, I traveled 15 miles to work...to a vocational center.  Every time I pass the Skills Center, I dream about how simple life would have been if I'd been here, working at this Skills Center.  I wouldn't have had to drive through snow; I wouldn't have had to drive past open farm fields...with the snow blowing from the fields onto the roads.  I could have walked to work!  But I digress.

The Skills Center has a culinary and restaurant program.  They're open for breakfast and lunch. 







My friend had oatmeal.



I opted for eggs and bacon.  And by the way....  For years, I'd order eggs "over easy," and they were like sunny side up eggs, just the tops were a little thicker.  But here, "over easy" is interpreted to mean runny.  Yuck!  So I've learned to order "over medium."  But sometimes that's interpreted at meaning, "Well done."  It's not easy.  <sigh>

Look at those beautiful place settings!



The "restaurant" is open for walk ins three mornings a week.  There's also a banquet room, and numerous organizations have their meetings there every month.



I love the cute little uniforms the kids wear.



Shiny kitchen!

At this Skills Center, there's also a diesel automotive program, and a banking program.  There's actually a credit union on the campus, and the students work there.  The cosmetology program is held in a beauty school elsewhere.  Many other vocational classes are also taught in tandem with regular businesses.

It's a beautiful thing.  But I'm still awfully glad I'm retired!

I apologize for the quality of the photos.  My camera is on its last legs.