Blissful silence

[judecorp]

So every so often, like right now, the baby is asleep and I get a few moments to do something with two hands. And after I eat something (which is always #1), I usually go down the list of things I should be doing:

washing diapers
doing laundry
cleaning house
writing thank you cards

and then decide to goof on the computer instead. So then I think that I should take some time to answer my e-mail and my back LJ comments. And I realize that I have 120+ LJ comments sitting in my inbox...

and suddenly laundry seems like the quicker, easier option.

Woah.

Comments

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[cappucinogrrl.livejournal.com]

Back when I had the convenience of having a washing machine in my building, I'd usually try to multitask - start the laundry, do some reading while laundry is going, etc. I have a new theory - just take the time to breathe!

[estrange.livejournal.com]

Now you sound like a mom! Forget about the LJ comments.

[meglett.livejournal.com]

maybe 4-6 weeks ago i finally went through my email--i had about 1200 messages in my inbox that had been building up since quinn was born (4/06)....many of them were LJ comments that i wanted to reply to...but they just fell to the bottom of the pile. i kept saving them in my email as 'reminders,' and finally i decided that, um, i just probably wasn't going to write comments for things over a year old!

so i felt shitty, but they all got deleted. c'est la vie. so yeah, don't worry about responding to comments. at least not all of them, right? your f-list won't feel slighted. and if people do, well, i guess they haven't really been reading your LJ very closely.

[skatured.livejournal.com]

yeah forget about LJ comments and just focus more on making a post. That's what I do when I have more things to do than free time.

[mtgirl.livejournal.com]

OK, so I just saw the smashingly cute photo of August that Jen posted today, and I have to tell you, you can just tell that August has two mommies who are doing an amazing job. She looks filled with love and all good things! You gals rock!!! I promise it will get easier!

Re: 121

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I try to do that, too..., unfortunately it comes out like this:

put in laundry, run upstairs and check on baby, wash bottles, make formula, pick up puked-on clothes, hear baby cry, go get baby, forget about laundry...

You can come use our washer/dryer anytime!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Easier said than done. I already delete the ones I know I will never answer, but I have such high hopes for the others!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I am like that, too. I see a comment and I think, "Oh, I am going to answer this," and then more and more e-mails come and the comments go down, down, down. And eventually I'm like, "These people won't even remember what we are talking about," and I delete them.


Aah well. I am trying to keep up with the new ones.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

But you always answer comments! (Although we'll see what happens when the Bit comes.)

p.s. I am desperately trying to make that monkey you sent us into Gus's lovey. Where did you get it in case I need to stock up? :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's nice to hear. Sometimes I think I have a hang of some of this stuff, and then of course she has to go and shake things up again! I know, welcome to the rest of my life, right? :)

xoxo

Re: 121

[cappucinogrrl.livejournal.com]

Gee, thanks!