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About This Author
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La Bene Vita
I am a professional musician  , worship leader , small business owner , songwriter , aspiring author and freelance nonfiction writer with a chemical engineering degree .
But that's just my resume.
My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.
October 30, 2011 at 8:13am October 30, 2011 at 8:13am
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I HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM SCROLL FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
Now that we have that urgent bulletin out of the way, let's move on to the less pressing news.
Reach 275 students at MTMS by 12/31/11.
 227.5. This morning, I established a monthly pay heck for myself.
Writing:
(1) Blog at MT.com by the end of the month: Caught up through Sept. Still owe for Oct. GAH. MUST BE DONE BEFORE NANO. Today would be good, but I have church, and then more church, and then a Halloween party at the music school later today.
(2) 30 minutes of daily freestyle writing: Yep. 750 Words, which was interspersed with general bitching about the dog, my schedule and my cold.
Count points:
(2) Four cups of coffee and counting, thanks to nasal congestion. I should switch to tea. I mean if I keep drinking all this coffee, I might go insane. Or I might drive other people insane. Kinda like my dog drives me insane. Kinda like this weather is driving me insane. I can't believe it's November already. It's so cold out. The holiday music will probably start on Tuesday. At the stores, I mean. If I went to the stores. Which I don't. I mean I do sometimes. But as little as possible. *switches to decaf*
I started this, and I need help populating the data. Your assistance is much appreciated. I think Storm Machine  has all my daily update emails except 2010 (?) So if you have those, please let me know.
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October 28, 2011 at 8:00pm October 28, 2011 at 8:00pm
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I can't figure out what the trigger was. I had clear, defined goals. Then... I started achieving them. And now? I don't know what I want.
I'm not sure if it's because my business is more successful than I dreamed it would be, so instead of vision, I focus on mundane tasks. Or maybe it was the introduction of Sammy, our now eight-month-old puppy, into the household and my daily schedule. Maybe it was picking up an extra service at church and a new gig at the Mexican place, which fulfilled my needs for performance and income. But whatever the trigger, my give-a-shit has fizzled.
This is one of those entries I expect will bore the poop out of readers. It would bore me. I wouldn't even post it, except that I'd like to document it for my memoirs (or my therapist?) when I'm rich and famous. I figure someone is going to want to see the highs and lows involved in becoming a superstar. Maybe future flounders will read this segment of my saga and think: Shit, if she could feel that way and still be the wealthiest, smartest, most well-known celebrity in the world, then maybe my own blahs aren't the end of the world.
Even in lethargy I'm an ambitious, overachieving egotist. 
Reach 275 students at MTMS by 12/31/11.
227.5. I'm delighted with that, because it means that not only do we have a receptionist, but I start earning a (little bitty) salary! And when we get to 250, I get even more , so that's good.
Writing:
(1)  Blog at MT.com by the end of the month: Caught up through Sept. Still owe for Oct. OMG, I need to just buckle down and write a flippin' blog post. I don't know why I'm so allergic to this task.
(2) 30 minutes of daily freestyle writing: I wrote over 2,100 words at 750Words.com today.
Count points:
Hell no. Shut up.
I've decided I have a love-hate relationship with Adele. She both rocks and sucks.
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October 25, 2011 at 9:46am October 25, 2011 at 9:46am
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It's highly underrated.
I left my laptop power supply at work, and the battery is of course dead. Now, back in the old days, we would shrug and do something else, like watch TV, do the laundry, or read a book. Or heaven forbid, go for a walk or something.
I'm addicted to technology.
The fam gets on me all the time for having a PC permanently glued to my lap. And today, after finding myself laptopless, I first went down to the (dungeon) teenager's room and tried to use the old desktop. That worked for a bit, but unlike the teen, I know a little about old desktops. It's been slow. Well, turns out the master drive is an old drive Keith threw in to salvage his photos and music files, and his slave drive is the original (huge and mostly empty) hard drive that came with the computer. Remember master and slave drives? So I'm opening up the computer, unplugging hard drives, tried switching them, unplugging one and then the other, switching the data cable (remember ribbon cables?), and rebooting between each sequence. No luck. Ah... the jumpers. But I have to remove and disassemble the hard drive compartment to read the labels on the drives...
And I realize I'm doing all this just to get online, blog, check the school schedule in Google docs, update the October prep forum, update the spreadsheet and web page, write my 750 words, write my own prep exercises, send out close out email with an apology for missing yesterday, logging into quickbooks and chase and reconciling accounts, and finding subs and rescheduling teachers. Hard drives and jumpers were really standing in my way; there had to be a better way.
So now I'm on the 10 year old's Acer tablet, which is like an ipad knock off. The virtual keyboard is a pain in the ass. I can't even open scroll. Can't type fast enough to do 750 words without possibly losing out on my cheetah badge, which I'm one entry away from winning. Prep updates are out of the question; I can't even figure out how to highlight text let alone copy/paste.
And yet, here I am blogging on this stupid thing. It just goes to show you how addicted to technology I am. In fact, I'm thinking that after I fold the laundry and take the dog for a walk (two tasks I wouldn't even be doing if my laptop were operational), I think I'll just head in to work six hours early so I can get some shit done. And tonight? I shall remember my power supply when I return home. |
October 24, 2011 at 7:47am October 24, 2011 at 7:47am
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Reach 275 students at MTMS by 12/31/11.
224! But we still need four more students to start this week in order to meet our October goals. Meanwhile, our new receptionist started a day early (Saturday), so, yay, we have a receptionist!
Writing:
(1) Blog at MT.com by the end of the month: Caught up through Sept. Still owe for Oct, and it's getting close to the end of October.
(2) 30 minutes of daily freestyle writing: Not yet today, but the day's not over. I've written at 750Words.com every day this month. I'm on a 28-day streak and shooting for 30 so I can get the next streak badge. I'm also shooting for the "Cheetah" badge, which I should earn the same day (tomorrow).
Count points:
Not technically, but my weekend wasn't too horrible since Keith and Abby were out of town for a gymnastics meet. I ate my typical snacks and avoided the meals that I'm usually compelled to eat with the fam.
I'm not sure how I went five days without checking in. We're seven days from NaNo, which of course I intend to try this year after spending time prepping the book. We started a new worship service at church yesterday, for which I'm the worship leader, and that has taken a lot of time (and still has a lot of kinks.) I've had several gigs (one wedding, one funeral, a Halloween party, and two days so far at the Mexican restaurant, which hired me to play once a week.) I had to practice for some of that. And I've started researching how to create a nonprofit for my scholarship program, which I will implement with the support of the local school district. All in all, a productive month, but I do sometimes wonder the purpose of some of my goals. Maybe I'm too much of an overachiever. |
October 18, 2011 at 1:36pm October 18, 2011 at 1:36pm
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Sammy is at the vet. I have a feeling he's not going to like as much tonight as he did this morning.
We're starting a new worship service on Sunday mornings, and I'm in charge of the music. This Sunday is the first one. Also, the Mexican place hired me to play every Friday. So new job-ish stuff. Meanwhile, we're at 224 students and have our receptionist lined up, so my responsibilities at work have decreased. I'm tired because I keep waking at 5:00 AM, not because I'm overworked.
Maybe the dog will sleep more now that we've surgically removed his aggression.
Reach 275 students at MTMS by 12/31/11.
It looks like 226, but we have a couple November withdrawals to process. It's probably still 222.
Writing:
(1) Blog at MT.com by the end of the month: Pending for October.
(2) 30 minutes of daily freestyle writing: Damn, I haven't written my 750 Words yet. I've been at church all day working on worship planning and waiting to hear back about Sammy. I've also been working on my business database *again* but I never get anywhere. I always hit a wall, and the next time I get the inclination to start it back up, I start over.
Count points:
I've had three donuts and two cups of coffee. That's breakfast and lunch, and I have no idea how many points. |
October 14, 2011 at 6:10pm October 14, 2011 at 6:10pm
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I need SEVEN more "likes" for my music school's Facebook page to reach 200. So if I don't have your "like" already:
https://www.facebook.com/MichelleTuesdayMusicSchool
Much love.  By the way, to all of you who "liked" my status yesterday about the Mexican restaurant, they hired me.  So thank you, thank you, thank you!!! for your help. |
October 13, 2011 at 7:33am October 13, 2011 at 7:33am
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PLEASE GO TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE AND "LIKE" MY STATUS UPDATE ABOUT PERFORMING LIVE AT SENOR PATRON TOMORROW.
I realize most of you don't live near me. So please refrain from commenting things like: "Sorry, but I live in (fill-in-the-blank) and therefore can't make it." Just LIKE it if you can't make it. That will boost the status to a higher priority for the people who DO live in the area and help me market the gig so the restaurant will keep me on as a regular.
Much love and kisses. Friend me if you haven't already. Here's the link to my wall - the status update should be public. Please let me know if you can't see it.
https://www.facebook.com/MichelleTuesday
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October 12, 2011 at 1:31pm October 12, 2011 at 1:31pm October 11, 2011 at 12:25pm October 11, 2011 at 12:25pm October 8, 2011 at 1:04pm October 8, 2011 at 1:04pm October 8, 2011 at 6:31am October 8, 2011 at 6:31am
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Wow, I must have been exhausted... started this blog post last night and fell asleep before I published it.  
I made the mistake of listening to my "Singable" station on Pandora. Now I wanna go gig somewhere. I find classical much more conducive to writing, but it wasn't loud enough to drown out the TV.
So now I may be forced to play computer games.
Reach 275 students at MTMS by 12/31/11.
223.5... just one extended lesson away from a receptionist and much less work for moi! Plus... Hallelujah... I get to start paying myself! Well, it helps that I'm finally in contract. I don't have to draw business funds to pay the mortgage on a house I don't occupy.
Writing:
(1) Blog at MT.com by the end of Wednesday: Yes!
(2) 30 minutes of daily freestyle writing: Yes, 750Words.com, plus a silly zombie haiku and a review. I'm in pretty good shape in the writing realm... except that I haven't written any Textbroker articles in the last couple weeks.
Count points: 35.5
Breakfast: Sausage (4), cheese (1.5), yogurt (2), coffee (2)
Lunch: Cereal (4), toast with honey (3)
Snack: Yogurt (2), string cheese (1)
Dinner: Pancakes (7), bacon (7.5) and apple juice (2.5) = 17
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Even better if she can whistle to the tune of Mozart or something. 
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