Checklist T-16 days

16 days...

Being Kelly Aus, I naturally gravitate toward the busy end of the use-of-time spectrum. Even though I am not teaching in the conventional sense, I am running around like crazy- and feeling like I am getting nothing done.

My schedule for the past few days has involved many hours at Great Harvest Bread in the mornings and early afternoons followed by a shower, possibly a quick nap, lessons, errands, get-togethers/send-offs, and meetings. While these are important, it dawned on me today that I have just over 2 weeks to do everything I need to do in Fargo before I go off to Nashville, and I know little about what I am doing in Nashville once I get there. Much as I don't like them, I am in a bit of a "pickle."

For my friends who might be praying over me and this journey, as well as for my own sense of accountability, here is my Nashville checklist. Enjoy. And may I rely on God's strength get me through it!

• Send an email to my relatives outlining my specific plans/understood calling so they may lift me up on this journey, and so I might encourage them with stories of God's working in my life & the lives of those I encounter.
• GET RID OF STUFF. Sell it; Give it away; Designate what to keep; Decide what to bring now and later.
• Mail a gift to my sister (which is long-overdue... Sorry Katie! I owe you a phone call too!)
• Give my friend and former roommate, Jen, a proper send-off before she moves to Paris, France.
• Communicate with the rest of my private lesson students my plans for the year and help set them up with new teachers.
• Create a detailed budget- in addition to the very basic one I have.
• Get the VW in for an oil change.
• Make a list of addresses of good friends.
• Eat at the Green Market and eat a JL Beer's burger at least once, respectively.
• Buy a plane ticket to come back for my first Symphony Week.
• Get legally set up in TN for subbing, etc.
• Finalize critical details for the Reilly concert and find helpers to carry on some of my duties while I'm gone.
• Do not let a day go by without A)Quality time in the Bible B)Quiet time in prayer C)Practicing violin
• Make sure my website is up and running. Print business cards. Record new sound samples.
• Start looking for potential opportunities in Nashville. (Most of this will happen once I am down there, settling in.)
  
• ENJOY HOME AND FAMILY. So easy to forget, but so crucial. I am so blessed to be here and blessed to have these people in my life.
  

Thanks for reading. Please pray! I am more than excited to see what God has planned for me!