1079th Friday Blog Roundup

Remember how I told you that Quentin was burying and urinating on the pea flakes to show me how much he hated them, and then he was grudgingly taking them and unenthusiastically eating them? He has catapulted past gusto into frenzy.

He now stands and watches me move through the room (it’s a little unnerving, to be honest), and if I go anywhere near him, he starts wheeking frantically and will not stop until he gets multiple pea flakes.

I know it’s what I wanted, but now he cannot calm down enough to learn a trick. He is so focused on the pea flakes that he won’t perform any action beyond shrieking for pea flakes. Maybe this is another stage? And he’ll get through this and then calmly consume pea flakes?

On the flip side, at least we know we’ll be able to get rid of 8 ounces of treats.

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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:

• None… sniff.

Okay, now my choices this week.

Scientist on the Roof writes about a parenting fail. After going through middle school with two kids, she finds that she knows enough by now to know what she can skip. But everything is shiny and new for her child, so she has to go through things a third time. It’s hard to be the youngest kid.

Lastly, Infertile Phoenix captures within the personal what so many people are feeling collectively; there is too much upheaval. She is going through too much change, too much uncertainty, too many unknowns, and without the cushion of feeling stable, she can’t catch her breath. She writes about her last move, “I already knew it was going to be hard. I didn’t need to know how hard it was going to be before it even started.” Send her a big hug.

The roundup to the Roundup: From rejection to obsession, a guinea pig’s tale. 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 March 20 – March 27) 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.