Comments on: Nobody ever said life would be easy (but they would have been wrong) http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/ Born and raised on the interweb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:17:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Erin Julian http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-731 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:10:16 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-731 Aunt Annette - Oooh! Now I remember. I think you must have seen that movie too many times, lol. ;) By the way, if you need help with the plugins on your blog feel free to call me sometime today. I should be home this time. ;) Phil - I will answer for Aunt Annette: Yes, you've met her! Well, at least I think you have. You have definitely heard of her. And yes, her domain name is possibly the coolest thing on the planet. XD Deanna - Thanks very much! I'm glad you like this post. Also, it's pretty fun to have a blogging buddy who I also know in real life... seems like I'm getting more and more of those. Fun! ;) Oh, and sorry, Phil, I already did look at Deanna's blog. Thanks for linking me, Deanna! Aunt Annette - Oooh! Now I remember. I think you must have seen that movie too many times, lol. ;) By the way, if you need help with the plugins on your blog feel free to call me sometime today. I should be home this time. ;)

Phil - I will answer for Aunt Annette: Yes, you’ve met her! Well, at least I think you have. You have definitely heard of her. And yes, her domain name is possibly the coolest thing on the planet. XD

Deanna - Thanks very much! I’m glad you like this post. Also, it’s pretty fun to have a blogging buddy who I also know in real life… seems like I’m getting more and more of those. Fun! ;)

Oh, and sorry, Phil, I already did look at Deanna’s blog. Thanks for linking me, Deanna!

]]> by: Philip http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-730 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:02:01 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-730 haha, that's right! priorities m'dear! haha, that’s right! priorities m’dear!

]]> by: Deanna H. http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-729 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:39:12 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-729 This is so thoughtful, poignant. It's great, Erin. (And, yes, this is the Deanna H. from church; I realize now you have many contacts.) I'm thankful you are there blogging away while I give it a try--in two places at once, now. I mentioned your site in the myspace/gutenmom blog today (I'm sure your readership will double!). You can look at it sometime after school's all done and you've had coffee with Philip. This is so thoughtful, poignant. It’s great, Erin. (And, yes, this is the Deanna H. from church; I realize now you have many contacts.) I’m thankful you are there blogging away while I give it a try–in two places at once, now. I mentioned your site in the myspace/gutenmom blog today (I’m sure your readership will double!). You can look at it sometime after school’s all done and you’ve had coffee with Philip.

]]> by: Philip http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-726 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:09:44 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-726 Aunt Annette, great movie that. Loved it :) By the way, we've met right? (just checked your last comment, auntannette.com? I'm not sure if it gets better than that!) Aunt Annette, great movie that. Loved it :)
By the way, we’ve met right?
(just checked your last comment, auntannette.com? I’m not sure if it gets better than that!)

]]> by: Aunt Annette http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-721 Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:40:16 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-721 Movie Reference: What else but the one about the boy who wouldn't grow up? Johnny Depp says it (only to a boy) in "Finding Neverland" to the oldest boy goes from playing pirates in the yard to taking on the weight of the family problems for the first time. A great moment in the movie and in your blog. I am sure you did great on your SAT's. It must be nice to have that behind you. Movie Reference: What else but the one about the boy who wouldn’t grow up? Johnny Depp says it (only to a boy) in “Finding Neverland” to the oldest boy goes from playing pirates in the yard to taking on the weight of the family problems for the first time. A great moment in the movie and in your blog.

I am sure you did great on your SAT’s. It must be nice to have that behind you.

]]> by: Ryan Gowen http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-671 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:47:47 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-671 Yeah, she told us about that - it sounded like 'solitary confinement' - she said that even during the breaks you couldn't even talk to anybody... :o Yeah, she told us about that - it sounded like ’solitary confinement’ - she said that even during the breaks you couldn’t even talk to anybody… :o

]]> by: Erin Julian http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-670 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:20:46 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-670 Ryan - I heard Margaret was going to be there too, but I never saw her! There were a lot of kids there, though, and we were split up into a lot of different rooms. To answer your question, the test questions themselves were really not that bad, but SITTING there for five hours and having to FOCUS MY BRAIN that entire time was really exhausting. ;) Ryan - I heard Margaret was going to be there too, but I never saw her! There were a lot of kids there, though, and we were split up into a lot of different rooms. To answer your question, the test questions themselves were really not that bad, but SITTING there for five hours and having to FOCUS MY BRAIN that entire time was really exhausting. ;)

]]> by: Ryan Gowen http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-669 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:54:10 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-669 Yeah, I heard that Margaret went take the SAT the same time as you - but was it really that bad? Yeah, I heard that Margaret went take the SAT the same time as you - but was it really that bad?

]]> by: Erin Julian http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-667 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:45:32 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-667 Thank you both for your encouragement. :) Aunt Annette - Yay! You commented! ;) And I'm afraid I can't name the movie reference. I tried to google it, but no luck. And I'm glad you liked my post. Thanks for your kind words. Phil - I think you are right about the down time, although I don't think that is my only problem. ;) Yesterday's blackout nap really helped me feel a lot better. And that won't necessarily turn into more productivity, but I think it is good for my sanity and health. :D And, lol, after all that I suppose I should at least be able to commit to a time for coffee, eh? Call me sometime this week and we will set up a time, okay? (Observe how deftly I just passed the ball back into your court. ;)) Thank you both for your encouragement. :)

Aunt Annette - Yay! You commented! ;) And I’m afraid I can’t name the movie reference. I tried to google it, but no luck. And I’m glad you liked my post. Thanks for your kind words.

Phil - I think you are right about the down time, although I don’t think that is my only problem. ;) Yesterday’s blackout nap really helped me feel a lot better. And that won’t necessarily turn into more productivity, but I think it is good for my sanity and health. :D And, lol, after all that I suppose I should at least be able to commit to a time for coffee, eh? Call me sometime this week and we will set up a time, okay? (Observe how deftly I just passed the ball back into your court. ;) )

]]> by: Philip http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-665 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:32:56 +0000 http://lylium.org/2006/06/04/nobody-ever-said-life-would-be-easy/#comment-665 I agree with your Aunt, good post :) Again, let's have coffee (probably after this week) One thing I've found with all the stuff you get when you grow up, with taxes, bills, jobs, freelance, projects, friends, ministries, trips, and the like, is that you need to take some 100% down time. If things are running at their normal rate, I make sure I really have a large chunk of the day, if not an entire day to just relax and recharge. Sleep longer, lounge, and chill. No stress, ignore the ever-present webjobs (because there's always something you can do on your computer and your website), and just recharge. I've been organizing an ultimate frisbee tournament for the past few months and finally ran it Saturday this weekend. It was very stressful and busy, especially the last week. On top of that I had to pick up extra shifts at work, plus run sound for my church. So Sunday after service I just relaxed. I ordered takeout so I didn't have to make food, watched a movie with a friend, took a nap, and now I know I will be ready to go tomorrow again. It's that Sabbath idea I suppose ;-) By the way, In Good Company is a good movie! I agree with your Aunt, good post :)
Again, let’s have coffee (probably after this week)

One thing I’ve found with all the stuff you get when you grow up, with taxes, bills, jobs, freelance, projects, friends, ministries, trips, and the like, is that you need to take some 100% down time. If things are running at their normal rate, I make sure I really have a large chunk of the day, if not an entire day to just relax and recharge. Sleep longer, lounge, and chill. No stress, ignore the ever-present webjobs (because there’s always something you can do on your computer and your website), and just recharge.

I’ve been organizing an ultimate frisbee tournament for the past few months and finally ran it Saturday this weekend. It was very stressful and busy, especially the last week. On top of that I had to pick up extra shifts at work, plus run sound for my church. So Sunday after service I just relaxed. I ordered takeout so I didn’t have to make food, watched a movie with a friend, took a nap, and now I know I will be ready to go tomorrow again.

It’s that Sabbath idea I suppose ;-)

By the way, In Good Company is a good movie!

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