897th Friday Blog Roundup

Thank you for the birthday wishes. I had a day this week where I didn’t have any meetings, so I took the day off to celebrate, but it was EXACTLY what you expect to happen during the pandemic. The moment I settled down with Beorn to read my book, the twins texted to let me know that school was canceled due to an issue with the air conditioner. So my pyjamas day at home didn’t go according to plan, but it was still relaxing.

Mostly it was all about sleeping-in. That’s what I wanted for my birthday week: more sleep. I live a wild life.

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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:

• “Being an Aunt” (No Kidding in NZ)

Okay, now my choices this week.

The Barrenness writes what we’re all feeling about gun violence: “This is just nightmare on top of nightmare, and then another nightmare.” She writes about her niece, and how children are processing their lack of safety. They should be learning how to share and count blocks and read books; not hide under desks.

Lastly, the Next 15000 Days writes about a wonderful seaside adventure. She wants to write about the rest of life — not infertility — now. She explains: “I have spent 10 years of my life writing a blog about life after infertility. I am glad I’ve been writing about that – it has helped me with the healing. But now I think I am done with it. The infertility took away too much from me. Now I want to focus on the life that I have and enjoy in small things.” Yes to that! And more seaside pictures.

The roundup to the Roundup: Thank you for the birthday wishes. 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 May 27 – June 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.