889th Friday Blog Roundup
It’s the most terrible day of the year. Fine. There are holidays that are emotionally hard to get through. April Fools Day isn’t that, but it makes me so cranky. Especially fake pregnancy announcements.
I am avoiding social media as much as possible today so I don’t have to whisper, “I hate you,” under my breath as I scroll on.
My glasses saga also continues. I had to return one of the pairs of distance glasses. The frames were too small for my face, which I probably would have noted if I had been given longer than three minutes to commit to a pair of frames. I learned what all of the numbers mean on the temple of the glasses, and now I am armed with the numbers from my favourite pair and trying to replicate them in a new frame. Like April Fools Day, I feel really done with eyeglass shopping.
Done.
That is the theme of this week.
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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:
- “Putting Our Yearning on a Shelf” (No Kidding in NZ)
- “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” (Infertile Phoenix)
Okay, now my choices this week.
The Cut has a photo essay about miscarriage. A warning: it is graphic. But I’m including it because I found it very moving. Especially the accompanying words: “I remember being annoyed with Casey for taking pictures. What I didn’t realize was the whole time I was bleeding, being operated on, and recovering, he was photographing. This was his love language, his way of saying, ‘I’m here, I see you and your pain.’” Click over and read it if you’re feeling up to it.
Lastly, Uterus Monologues has a post about Mother’s Day. (UK Mother’s Day is earlier than the US version.) She encourages you to feel whatever you’re going to feel. She writes: “My relationship with this particular day has shifted since I started writing this blog. Every year, my feelings have been slightly different. Every year, I’ve been confronted by something else. And every year, I’ve learnt something.” Love this thought.
The roundup to the Roundup: Don’t get tricked. 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 25 – April 1) 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.
