Hi october :)
Your issue is (i think), hand coded page-NAME. of your page thats why its rewriten everytime...
Custom Page template is easy as: [login to view URL] (name can me [login to view URL]) and your page with Slug about-me will pick up that template.
The best solution is to create template-something - and post codes there,
so when you create new page you can choose from page templates easy...
Kind Regards,
Alex