1037th Friday Blog Roundup

Until now, our guinea pigs have mostly treated Josh as a potential food deliverer — happy to see him but not giving him a lot of thought. Beorn accepted cuddles but also growled at him if Josh hugged or kissed me. And I don’t remember Linus or Truman giving him much attention.

But Quentin flips out when he hears Josh come home. First, his whole body tenses with anticipation when he hears the car alarm. Once Josh’s keys hit the lock, he starts wheeking happily, looking at all of us to confirm that what he is hearing is his friend coming home. Once Josh crosses the threshold, Quentin treats him to ten solid minutes of popcorning, wiggle jumps, and running around in a circle of delirious happiness until he can calm himself down.

Josh admitted that it makes him feel a little bit like a rockstar.

*******

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…

*******

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.

No Kidding in NZ points out the difference between the emotional support offered for various diagnoses, seeing first-hand how people react to infertility vs. other diseases. She writes: “But having a particular illness that is known and understood in the community, even if it is rare and aggressive, brings connections and support that pregnancy loss and infertility did not. There isn’t the shame or judgment or just silence that I experienced around infertility and pregnancy loss.” All life-changing diagnoses (which includes infertility) should come with support.

Lastly, Scientist on the Roof has a list of things that make her happy vs. annoyed, and I laughed at “Fake-coughing just to annoy my husband.” I would totally do that, too.

The roundup to the Roundup: Quentin LOVES Josh. 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 16 – May 23) 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.