Two for three

Yesterday I competed in my fourth cooking competition since beginning this program. Paired with a brand new student, who was extremely slow, we didn't complete the four plates we were supposed to produce. I was not motivated to compete yesterday regardless, and it showed in the food (The Chef instructor: one dish was boring, the other "sensational").
Someone once said that being a professional is performing well the thing you love even when you don't feel like it. That was yesterday. But, the other two teams on which I competed were superior. Great fun.