1031st Friday Blog Roundup

Another week and another vet visit for Beorn. This time he was having trouble walking on Monday morning. He stumbled around as if he were drunk when he moved at all. The vet took an x-ray but found nothing wrong. He was out of statis, and his stomach and intestines were filled with food. He was a little dehydrated but perked up when given water. He said his teeth looked good despite not coming together yet.

He came home and ate solid food for the first time in weeks — a blueberry — and he followed it up with a chunk of banana the next day. We spent the week working on water consumption because he wasn’t getting it from vegetables.

Poor little Beorn is pretty much the same, though drooling a bit less. Hoping he perks up this weekend because he normally loves Pesach cooking and getting all of the leftover parsley.

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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.

And now the blogs…

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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:

• Nothing… sniff.

Okay, now my choices this week.

A lovely post from The Next 15,000 Days with pictures from a hike, complete with haiku. She explains: “It was a moment that felt just perfect—I was exactly where I wanted to be … It’s not the life I once planned, but over the years I’ve learned to love it just as it is.” It’s a beautiful poem and post.

Lastly, The Road Less Travelled writes about an emotional weekend. She attended multiple memorial services as well as watched an event that was steeped in recent loss. While difficult to attend, these memorials were also moments of connection. As she wrote about the ride home: “In the car heading home, dh said, ‘I’m so glad we went.’ Me too. Life is short — way too short for some. 🙁 Treasure the people you love. Make the effort. You won’t regret it.” Sending another hug.

The roundup to the Roundup: Over a month of syringe feeding Beorn. 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 April 4 – April 11) 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.