A Better Week

I'm hoping for a better week, for my health I mean.
Because of the cold and general "under the weather" feeling, I missed a lot of gym time last week. Tomorrow I plan on hitting it again. Ease into it, I should say...

That also means I should be asleep by now, so 'nighty night.


KoP


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I'm at church right now.

So you remember my situation back when I was wring more regularly right?
No?
Ok, I'll fill you in.

I'm a musician. I play bass, have been for 25 years or so. Until two months ago, I was playing at my church (it was a paid gig) several times every week:
Wed night
Thurs night
Sat night
Sun 7:30am-1:15pm

That adds up to a LOT of time away from home, especially since I work full time as well.

Anyway, I've been playing this schedule, or a slight variation of it for the past 12 years!
I finally came to my senses and quit.
Well, not exactly quit, I just went to the music director and requested, no, demanded, no emphasized that I need to start playing at the other campus ASAP. Our church has another smaller church campus that serves another part of Houston.
They agreed, and now I have Saturdays off as well as a much reduced schedule on Sunday. My pay was also reduced, but if you figure my time and number of services I now play, it was actually a raise. So all is well. The thing is, if they would have denied it, I would have quit right then and there. I was beginning to get a little bitter about the whole thing, and I just didn't want to feel that way about my church.
All is well now, and I am really digging the extra time with the family. Tristan is especially happy about it.

So, another item on The List for 2011:
Family FIRST



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Wedding, And The Pacific

Tristan and I are watching a DVD series called "The Pacific". So far, so good.

Amy and I shot a wedding today in Lake Charles, La. Everything went very well and we really shined. I expect us to get a lot of business out of this shoot.

Ok, back to the movie. Enjoy your night!


KoP


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Ooops

Uhhhh, yeah, about that writing everyday thing. I'll apparently be forgetting to do that from time to time. Ready for the weekend!


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Doom, Gloom, And A Wedding

Man, I'm sick. I've been getting steadily worse since Monday, and I can't stands it. It's just a cold, I guess, but I feel really weak and achey. Can't really get a good workout, and I'd like to just go to bed. Oh well.

Amy and I have a wedding to shoot this Saturday, so hopefully we're feeling better before then. Oh yeah, she's sick too of course.

So how about all the fish and bird die-offs in the news lately? It's a little freaky, and suspicious to me. I'm not scared by it, but there is that nagging feeling that maybe something is going on. I guess we'll see soon enough.

On another Doomsday-ish note, I've been reading up a little on the possibility of "hyper-inflation" happening very soon here in the U.S. I don't know how possible it really is, but I think I'm going to start an emergency food and supply pantry in the garage just to be safe.
It's something I should already have anyways living near the gulf and all. A couple of years ago, Hurricane Ike had some areas of Houston without power for more than two weeks. Be Prepared. Its the motto of Boy Scouts.

The bigger issue of where to invest my 401k and all that is a bit more worrisome.
Honestly, I really don't know all that much about finance. People are saying "invest in gold" or other commodities, but there is a gold "bubble" now right? If I bought in high, wouldn't I stand a good chance of losing big when it bursts?
Confusing.


KoP

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