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 The Good Life. |
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. ![Merit Badge in Music
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To a dear friend whose talent for writing music is sensational. May you have a fabulous New Year, (((Brandi)))!!! *^*Kiss*^*
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I don't know how you do it, but I assume there's magic involved *^*Bigsmile*^* I have really enjoyed this month of planning and preparation for NaNoWriMo and I love how organized it all is. Thank you for hosting a great challenge and for your dedication to helping so many of us prepare with confidence and trepidation for National Novel Writing Month (known to sane folks as 'November' *^*Laugh*^*) at your [Link To Item #1474311]](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/general-Organization-1150.gif) ![Merit Badge in Leadership
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For your hard work, commitment, talent and innovation in running the October NaNoWriMo Preparation each year, which helps many of us get our scattered thoughts together for November's novel-writing. And also because this badge has ducks on it.](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/general-Leadership.gif) |
| I'm not sure why or how poop became such a taboo topic. Whenever someone acted holier-than-thou, my ex used to say, "his shit doesn't smell like roses." There's a reason he's my ex, but actually, none of us shit roses, so he kind of had a point. We all do it. Some of us are better at it than others. My husband, for example, poops at 9:00 am for roughly 20 minutes daily, but he can easily adjust that time around his meeting schedule as needed, as if it's a valve he can control. I, on the other hand, oscillate between not pooping for days and, "Oh, bloody Hell, get outta my way!" My style of pooping is not recommended. For one thing, it's the reason I started composing this blog post at 3:30 in the morning (in my head initially, because my eyes don't work properly for at least 30 minutes after waking). It's not the root cause of my lower back pain, but I can definitely tell when I'm backing up even without clock watching my toilet habits. A full colon compresses on my spine and it freaking hurts. And there have been many times in a public setting where I had to be very careful not to laugh too hard. Even though you don't talk about it, I know you fall somewhere on the spectrum, too. Pooping may be something you take for granted. But if you're more like me, your waste elimination system may be interfering with life. These days I compare everything with managing blood sugar on an insulin pump, but shooting (heh) for that balance between constipation and liquid fire, and between once a week and seven times per day, is truly comparable (see illustration below). I personally take more constipation meds in a day than Parkinson’s meds, and if you know anyone with PD, you know that's saying something. So, in summary, I'm jealous of my husband and I'm awake way too early today. Share your poop stories below. Be improprietary. Break the taboo.  My glucose over the last 24 hours |
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