894th Friday Blog Roundup

It’s Friday the 13th. I have no clue why I need to say that every time the Roundup coincides with Friday the 13th. As you were.

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The twins finally finished exams. They were pretty giddy by the time the final one rolled around. It was one they had together, so they studied at the same time. I snuck into the ChickieNob’s room to take a surprise photo, which is apparently “annoying” and “distracting.” But they ignored me and allowed me to take a less blurry one of them studying together because they also know that I’m pretty much a mess about them leaving in a year.

The Wolvog had to make a game for the portfolio section of one of his exams, and it’s so much freakin’ fun. It’s a geography game, and I’m terrible at it. But I love playing it while I cook dinner and announcing my low score to everyone. He told me he would put the game online once he gets his grade back.

It feels like everything is speeding up.

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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:

• “We Thought You Were Done With It” (A Blank New Page)
• “The Route to Madness” (No Kidding in NZ)

Okay, now my choices this week.

PocoBrat has a post about the Mother’s Day blues; how she feels about this holiday that keeps rolling around on the calendar, year after year. She writes: “For one thing, I did not grow up with this holiday although it is now widely celebrated in India too. And then, I always think the apostrophe should go over the plural version—it feels more inclusive and more in keeping with the socialist and anti-war origins of the day.” It’s a holiday that comes with a lot of baggage.

Hopelessly Infertile and Surrounded by Fertiles also writes about Mother’s Day. She points out that it has grown in size over the years. “I can handle Mother’s Day. One.Day.Of.Mothers.Day. What I find much more challenging was this year’s three day Mothers Day weekend extravaganza.” I also found that Monday became a fourth day, with people asking about Mother’s Day. Without end, indeed.

Lastly, JewishIVF talks about her pregnancy and these last days before the birth. I definitely identified with this: “I might also be channeling my anxiety about everything coming up toward this particular worry – hoping everyone is safe and healthy and that everything goes smoothly with an easy recovery.” Yes, to all of that, may it be an easy delivery and happy first days.

The roundup to the Roundup: Friday the 13th. Exams finished. 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 6 – May 13) 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.