888th Friday Blog Roundup

888 Roundups! (Okay, really 788 Roundups due to the misnumbering years ago, but still.)

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I’ve been calling this Big Sleep Weekend. It’s probably only Big Sleep Saturday because I have to clean the house on Sunday and I have a call with friends in the middle of the day. But the point is that I scheduled in sleep, reading, and watching television for 24 hours. A salad for dinner that will take no time to pull together.

I cannot wait.

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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 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. To read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

• “What I Learned From Blogs” (Stirrup Queens) — thank you, Phoenix and Mali

Okay, now my choices this week.

Dubliner in Deutschland is dealing with COVID. The remarkable thing is the way the posts have changed over the two years. By which I mean, the way we talk about COVID has changed. Glad they’re all on the mend, though bummed that she missed St. Patrick’s Day again.

A Blank New Page unpacks some thoughts about Ukraine. She begins, “It seems so inappropriate to talk about me, my lost future as a mother, and my problems with my childless life while a terrible, cruel war is raging in Europe.” It’s a heartbreaking post; giving perspective.

The Road Less Travelled talks about the new designation of prolonged grief disorder. She says it perfectly: “Grief needs to be normalized, not pathologized.” The fact that the designation is being made for insurance purposes is maddening. Grief demands that we allow it to take its own time, it’s own shape.

Lastly, Counting Pink Lines talks about the waiting. She writes, “I forgot how much of TTC was waiting — either for periods to come or to not come.” Especially that period before the period (no pun intended) where you feel like it’s coming any moment… and then doesn’t arrive.

The roundup to the Roundup: Big sleep weekend. 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 18 – 25) 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.