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I know. I know. You're looking at the title of this blog, scratching your head and saying, "....umm....Whahuh?!?" Let me explain.
So, I had a feeling that today was going to lend itself to limited opportunity of gift-giving since I was working this evening from 3pm to 11pm (during the Superbowl nonetheless.) I have watched every Superbowl from 2006 on (at the very least.) Therefore, this was the first year that I have missed. Truth be told, though, this hotel has granted EVERY Request Off that I have needed for shows, holidays and the like. So, did I complain (too much...if at all) or protest when they scheduled me for this evening? Not. At. All. Grateful for the other times when I DO need [...]
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VERY early start to my day today. I rose out of the futon after about one hour of sleep or so. I never fare well when I have to work a 1st shift. Not since the one time last June when I didn't read my schedule closely and thought that I worked a 2nd shift when, indeed, I was scheduled to work a 1st shift that day. Of course, I got a voice message along with a message on Facebook asking as to where I was. THAT was the latest I had ever been to work. I was 3.5 hours late for my shift that day. From that moment on, with my iPhone, write-up, my O.C.D, I made sure that that was the first and the last time it happened. Moving on...
I snoozed (per usual) and didn't rise out of bed until 5:25AM. We [...]
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DAY 3: FAWM/International Justice Mission
No "Morning Pages" today. I woke up with barely enough time to make it to my Potbelly gig this afternoon. To quote the Indigo Girls from their Huge Hit "Closer To Fine:" "...and I woke up with a headache like my head against the board..." Or rather, that's how my eyes felt upon waking. I did go to bed at about 4 or 5 AM (finished the stories in the back of the "29 Gifts" book and I attempted to meditate.) Beth Ann was stirring in her sleep. I tried not to disturb her since her day started much earlier than mine was going to. Beth Ann is an actress and has the lead role in the Chicago Kids Company production of "Little Red Riding Hood - The Musical." [...]
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Today was my day off from the hotel. Heck, today was a day off from Everything! I'm still used to the fact that I used to play (at least) 4 to 5 Potbelly gigs a week. For those who don't live in the Chicagoland area, it is quite easy to make a decent wage playing guitar and singing at Potbelly Sandwich Works shops during the lunch hour (sometimes dinner hour - depending upon the neighborhood and the area.) They are starting to "take over the world" and they are becoming quite known throughout the United States. However, Chicago is the place with the most saturation of this store (naturally - since it is a Chicago-born business:)
www.potbelly.com However, as the year at the hotel progressed (and [...]
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Day 1 - Music via USPS
Posted by davidkav on February 1, 2012 at 8:10pm
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.While I was reading "29 Gifts," the idea of Not giving pre-meditated gifts is what struck me the most. It makes perfect sense to someone like myself since I'm an extremist by nature. I've been getting MUCH better about it as the days go forward (especially the days and/or moments I take a good, Hard look at myself.) "Easy does it" is another paradigm, if you will, that resonates with me. Again, it is up to me to implement the aforementioned. When I do follow these rules, all goes according to plan (not mine, of course. I'm talking about The Universe at large.) It's when I Don't follow these rules, however, that [...]