La Bene Vita

Anniversary Edition

Apparently it's been three years since I met all y'all wdc-ers. (Which, in Alabama, is the plural of "y'all.") Here's to three more.

AT&T is stupid. Like, even more kick-worthy-than-Storm Machine 's-Dilbert, who is the epitome of kickability, -stupid. AT&T's systems and processes are cumbersome to the point of being (in my opinion, deliberately) vague, confusing, and conveniently non-committal. Reel 'em in with a promise of a rebate on that wireless router, but conveniently forget to provide instructions on how to redeem said rebate, which, incidentally, has a 90-day expiration, so if you don't ask questions and figure it out for yourself within 90 days, sorry, Charlie, you're SOL. Offer a business bundle that includes "popular calling features" on your local phone service - except, apparently, voice mail, which must not be all that popular, which makes sense, because hardly anyone I call anymore ever has voice mail. Provide a direct "contact us" link that says: email, which, when clicked, takes you to a screen loaded with information that almost surely answers your question, doesn't it? Oh, it doesn't? Well, here's a phone number instead, which will take you to a technologically impressive and highly convenient voice-activated phone menu system, so that when you're shouting, "AT&T is just a bunch of a$$holes!" to your housemate, you can receive a pleasantly-delivered reply of, "I'm sorry. I didn't understand that. Can you repeat your request?" And then - this is the best one - smooth your customer's ruffled feathers with a newly-activated voice mail account, complete with a temporary username and password combination that doesn't work.

Post at MichelleTuesday.com   at least once per week.
Fail for last week. Pending for this week.

Grow MochaNotes.com   blogs.
Dabbling in Domesticity  : Caught up, but could pre-write tomorrow's post.
SEO: Alexa ranking for MT.com = 510k, MochaNotes.com = 555k - these haven't moved in days. Alexa must be on vacation.

Advertising
PRIORITIES:
Columbus Radio Group ads: Pending Grand Opening date.
Google "Grand Opening" campaign: Pending GO date.
High school athletic calendar and Band Boosters: I think we negotiated a deal.
Gahanna and New Albany local papers: I need to line this up. Need GO date?
T-shirts (?), drum sticks (?), guitar picks, shaker eggs, tote bags: Pending
Miscellaneous banners, signs, and fliers

Business start-up activities.
PRIORITIES:
Reconcile cash flow discrepancies so we don't run out of money. This one is moderately important.
Database: Renewed interest in this project, especially for scheduling.
Payroll: This weekend. I may need another Quickbooks upgrade. And the $ kept rolling out.
Hiring: Interview two guitar teacher candidates (scheduled today.)
Order exterior signage: Artwork submitted; waiting on manufacturer.

Launch one new performance repertoire song per week.
Pending.

Perform one household chore per day.
Nope, and, in fact, the boy folded the laundry.

Read a book in print 15 minutes every day.
Still no.

Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10.
Weight: ?
Meals:
7:30 Coffee (1)

TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: ? (Goal: 25)
Yesterday, I ate out for three out of three meals, including my Potbelly sammich.