La Bene Vita

Wednesday

NEW: Get house ready for market by 9/30/09
I've been doing this anyway, and it's taking time away from my other goals, which is stressing me out. I figure I might as well get credit for it. Getting your house ready to put on the market is a lot of work! Especially when your idea of housework is squeezing a load of laundry in the 20-minute window you have between lessons and Potbelly, and then moving the load to the dryer later that evening.

I have a Lowes trip planned this morning.

Advertise "October Novel Prep Challenge"  [13+].
Goal met.

Learn one new cover band song per week.
On hold...

Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Pending.

NEW: Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
We scheduled a song called "Teach Me How to Pray" by Jason Upton for next Sunday, 9/27/09. "Made to Love" by TobyMac is next on the list, but that one will need some extra time to prep and learn!

Write one new original song per month.
Goal met: http://michelletuesday.wordpress.com

Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Goal met.

Write one Textbroker article per week.
Pending.

Resign from Abbott by 6/1/10.
*shrug* My feelings about this change from day to day. It would be really good if I could hang until June, from budgeting, house-hunting, and school (i.e., Keith's kids) perspectives. Last night, I about had a meltdown at work and decided I wanted out now, but that was because I was so tired. I went out to my Jeep and took a nap on my lunch break, and it helped a lot. I have to learn to sleep in the mornings when Keith and kids are getting up all around me, instead of getting up with them.

Here's the thing: I could leave Abbott at any time, starting in December. However, the longer I stay, the more money I throw in a savings account, the more money we have for a down payment on a new house, the lower the house payment after we buy. Also, the sooner we sell my house, and the longer we stay at Keith's, the more money we save up for the upgrade. See how that works? And the final caveat... obtaining financing for our upgrade will be much easier if I'm still employed by Abbott. So our future living situation depends on (1) how soon I sell my house, (2) how much I get out of my house, and (3) how long I stay at Abbott.

June would be good. It'll be easier if I move to day shift, and I have my eye on a possible opportunity, but it might be a month or two before I know. And whether I go to day shift may be a deciding factor in how long I stay. I can't keep having sleepless days like yesterday. I work my ass off at five jobs and accomplishing a long list of goals, and I do it by not wasting (much) time watching TV or playing video games, but dammit, I like my sleep.

And I deserve my sleep.

Maintain 150.0 lbs.
Goal met.

Weight: 147.8

Meals:
7:30am Sausage (5) and coffee (1)
9:30am Nut clusters (3)
11:00am Mixed nuts (2)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
2:30pm Chai (1)
5:30pm Apple ZonePerfect bar (3)
7:00pm Three pieces pizza (10), three wings (5), ice cream (4)

...and I was doing so well.
Write for "15 for 15 Contest --- Closed"  [18+] fifteen minutes per day.
New goal starting Friday!