788th Friday Blog Roundup

When I look back on my bullet journal years from now, I will notice that I had an unhealthy obsession with soap. I was scanning March before I flipped over the page to start April:

• All the stores are sold out of… everything. Including soap.
• I cannot believe how hard it is to buy soap.
• What if we can never find my soap again?
• One of my biggest anxieties is not being able to easily get soap.
• Josh found a place selling soap online! Now I’m worried the order will fall through because immediately afterward, it said it was sold out…

I am well aware that this is what my brain has chosen to latch onto because considering COVID-19 itself is too scary. A soap shortage is much more manageable.

This is where it’s completely irrational: We have plenty of soap. I mean, sure, talk to me about this a month from now, but for the time being, we are fine on soap. It’s just the idea of not being able to buy soap that is keeping me awake at night.

Must go write another journal entry about soap because my family has told me to stop bringing it up as a conversation topic at dinner every night.

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments in order to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

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And now the blogs…

But first, second helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. In order to read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

• “My 5th Survivor Anniversary” (Infertile Phoenix)

Okay, now my choices this week.

Dreaming of Diapers recounts a secret IVF cycle she did on the heels of her last one, explaining that she needs to know she did everything she possibly could to feel at peace. She writes, “But I cannot help but think or believe that… there is an extremely thin line between insanity and a miracle… right? Miracles happen… but it’s mostly to people who takes chances in the most impossible circumstances… right?” It’s about proving ourselves to no one but ourselves.

Life Without Baby has a post about the hierarchy of loss. Because people are realizing what those who have experienced infertility or miscarriage have known for a long time: You will be sad within that new normal. She writes: “As many of us are now facing a different kind of loss as we adjust to life alongside COVID-19, it’s worth taking a moment to acknowledge that small griefs can trigger our dormant deeper grief, and that the feelings of loss many are experiencing right now can be compounded when we’re dealing with other losses.” It’s a really helpful book excerpt to read right now.

Lastly, I nodded my head straight through this Pesach post from Hopelessly Infertile and Surrounded by Fertiles. So, first and foremost, if you’re not Jewish, imagine trying to hold Christmas over Zoom. But also imagine that your Christmas tradition has a ritual meal where a book is read—but everyone has a different copy of the book. THAT is what Pesach is like this year. Some people want to try to hold the seder over Zoom. Any maybe some people will be able to get that to work, but I’m not hopeful about having a meaningful experience that way. So… yeah… But that’s excitement for next week.

The roundup to the Roundup: Does anyone else want to talk about soap? Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between March 27 – April 3) and not the blog’s main url. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week? Read the original open thread post here.