La Bene Vita

Thursday

Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Goal met.

Write one new original song per month.
Pending.  I do have new lyrics from Robert Waltz to set to music, as well as my instrumental piano piece I've been playing with for a month or two, which needs lyrics.

Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Goal met, and I've moved my posts to mid-week.  I blogged on Tuesday this week, so I'll probably make that my regular day.  Sunday is Keith time now.

Write three Helium article by 6/24/09.
Check this out! My Textbroker article impressed the client, and he messaged to ask if he could place direct orders with me routinely, like once every 2-3 days.  For direct orders, I can set my own pricing!  Sweet.  I'm shooting for $10-$15 per article, if they're comparable length to the initial one I wrote for him.

...so, there's my goal.  Helium can kiss my ass, with its $2.50 articles.

Submit one short story/article per month.
Fail.

Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch"  [E] every day.
Fail.

Complete and edit "Poor Witch"  [E] by 6/30/09.
In progress.

Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
Goal met.  I so have to remember that I owe MaryLou a CD.  I promised I would send her one in exchange for this box of books she sent me, and that was months ago! What a slacker.

Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09.
In progress, although, there are some interesting developments related to the boy, with whom I am getting along famously.  Bottom line, I'm not quite sure exactly what this goal is, and by the end of August, I should have a better idea.  Maybe I'll leave earlier, maybe later, maybe right on 12/1.  Maybe I'll move to day shift.  Maybe I'll leave Potbelly and start promoting myself for more lucrative evening gigs.  Maybe, maybe, maybe... *rubs hands together*  Seriously, I love my life.  I wish I could squeeze more hours into a day, because there's so much more I'd like to do (case in point: refer to all the "Fail" references above!), but ultimately, I get to do a lot of fun stuff and make good money, which is more than many can say.  I have no complaints, regardless of how this all turns out.

...well, few complaints, anyway. 

Honestly, even Abbott is getting more bearable, except that I need to go to day shift.

Maintain a maximum weight of 150.0.
Goal met.  Keith and I are planning a beach vacation at the end of August.  Should I shoot for another losing ten pounds?  I'm considering it, and I got doctor approval.

Weight: 146.0
Meals:
7:00am One turkey sausage link (1.5), one egg (2), bread (1), butter (1), coffee (1)

And, since I failed to blog yesterday, Wednesday Meals:
7:00am One turkey sausage link (1.5), one egg (2), half English muffin (1), butter (1), coffee (1)
9:30am Tall, nonfat peppermint white mocha (6)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
6:30pm General Tsao's chicken, rice, and two crab rangoons (?)