1008th Friday Blog Roundup

While Beorn is definitely better than he was last Saturday, he still isn’t completely himself. He’ll wheek for treats or food, but he doesn’t popcorn around while waiting for me to do his bidding. He’ll eat vegetables if he doesn’t see his green bowl. That thing TERRIFIES him, which is strange because if you remember, he deeply mourned the matching green hay dish.

He will not walk into two-thirds of his cage. If I put food in the back of the cage and set him down, he’ll eat for about four minutes before he remembers that he doesn’t like this section of the cage and runs back to the front third of the cage, leaving the food behind. He will not drink from his water bottle even though I moved it to the front third of the cage. He will not sleep inside his hide-y house or go near it. He will not play the game we play with an alfalfa cookie every night before bed.

I spoke to the vet, who told me to give him time. He had a big scare, and he needs to gain confidence. In the meantime, I should do what makes him comfortable, including placing the vegetables on the ground near him and giving him cuddles instead of exercise.

I am dubious whether this will help him return to his old ways, but I’m giving the cage another thorough washing this weekend, so we’ll see if he resets on Monday.

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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.

Infertile Phoenix got a baby shower invitation. She writes: “I’m excited to be invited. I’m looking forward to celebrating my friend’s daughter. I’m not making plans for after the shower in case it stirs up my emotions. But it might not. The truth is, I don’t want to be pregnant anymore.” I think that’s such a brilliant point — leave yourself space after the shower. It’s a tiny thing you can do for yourself, just in case.

Middle Girl writes about the dreaded household task of taking care of the laundry. It’s not the folding or sorting; it’s that the activity is a time-suck as she waits for it to be done in a noisy space. It made me think about the household task I would be most happy to give up. It may be meal planning. I dislike the planning even more than the cooking.

The roundup to the Roundup: Getting the pig confident again. 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 October 11 – 18) 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.