946th Friday Blog Roundup
In a little while, we will leave for graduation. I still haven’t figured out how I will cry wearing a mask, but I guess that will be a problem solved in the moment. Because I will cry. I cry just thinking about graduation, so I am sure hearing Pomp and Circumstance will send me over the edge.
I am so proud of the twins — they worked so hard and accomplished so much. I know they are ready for the next step. I’m not ready, but that doesn’t mean they are not ready.
Wish me luck that I get through this day. Everything feels so enormous, including the weight of my love squeezing all the tears out of my face.
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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:
- None… sniff.
Okay, now my choices this week.
A Separate Life unpacks the fine line bloggers walk between saying what they want to say and being mindful of what the audience would want to hear. She explains: “But I know that the reach of the internet is vast, and it is easy to unwittingly offend or annoy.” Things live forever on the web, and you never know how someone else is taking your words on the other side of the screen.
Lastly, The Barreness started HRT. She writes about the appointment: “I asked my questions and voiced concerns about my endo, and fibroids and cysts; which he answered and then I left with a prescription and knowledge in what I was choosing. I sat in the car and felt… SEEN, HEARD, and scared but EXCITED. A new milestone.” That sounds like the best kind of appointment: Solutions and empowerment.
The roundup to the Roundup: Graduation. 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 26 – June 2) 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.
4 comments
It’s probably too late, and the east coast is likely different than the South (DC1’s graduation was in a university basketball stadium), but my one piece of advice is to BRING EARPLUGS.
My right ear still hasn’t recovered yet from all the screaming behind us.
Sending you strength and fortitude and the hydration necessary to get through this day. I’m crying just thinking of you crying because I know that 6 years from now, this will be me.
It’s probably too late for this recommendation but speaking as someone who has cried in a mask, bring multiple and switch them.
I just realized that my husband’s sister’s twins are the same age as yours – they also graduated this weekend. They are also fraternal boy/girl, but conceived without the help of modern medicine. She did have a pregnancy loss before they were conceived though.
How did they crying go? If you didn’t wear a cotton mask to absorb tears…well, I should have gotten here sooner to advise you.
Super belated, but I was thinking of you!
Loved Infertile Phoenix’s post: https://infertilephoenix.blogspot.com/2023/06/an-unexpected-conversation.html?m=1
And Mali’s post on a meaningful life:
https://nokiddinginnz.blogspot.com/2023/04/how-they-say-they-dont-understand.html?m=1
And your post about early days of IF blogging:
https://www.stirrup-queens.com/2023/05/the-early-days-of-the-if-blogosphere/