This was a good week. Yesterday Clara and I had such a fun day together. We woke up early (her choice, not mine), ate breakfast, read books, went out for coffee/lunch (we split a sandwich), she took a nap and I read a book and caught up on ‘life stuff’, we went to a chiropractor appointment, and then we came home and waited for Tim to come home from work. I’m so glad my used-to-be-baby is becoming my sidekick.
Another praise from this week: I passed the 1-hour glucose screen, which means I don’t have gestational diabetes. It wasn’t something I was actually worried about, but it’s still nice to have one less thing to worry about in pregnancy.
Things I’ve Read on the Web
// The Mess Means People Live Here: “There may come a time when I put down an iPad and it will stay there until I move it again. A day when I put leftovers in the fridge and will be sure they’ll still be there until I’m ready for them. A phase of life when the only laundry I’ll have to do is my own. I want to cry just thinking about it. Yes, the mess means they’re still here. Still here for me to cuddle, sing to (or in my case squawk to), cook for, and yes even to clean up after.” (here)
// Inside Facebook’s Decision to Blow Up the Like Button: “The solution would eventually be named Reactions. It will arrive soon. And it will expand the range of Facebook-compatible human emotions from one to six.” (here)
// How Refund Policies Encourage Spending (and Reduce Returning ): “The researchers discovered something unexpected about consumers’ return habits: ‘More leniency on time limits is associated with a reduction—not an increase—in returns.'” (here)
// Uncovering The Secret History Of Myers-Briggs: “Yet though her creation is everywhere, Myers and the details of her life’s work are curiously absent from the public record. Not a single independent biography is in print today. Not one article details how Myers, an award-winning mystery writer who possessed no formal training in psychology or sociology, concocted a test routinely deployed by 89 of the Fortune 100 companies, the US government, hundreds of universities, and online dating sites like Perfect Match, Project Evolove and Type Tango. And not one expert in the field of psychometric testing, a $500 million industry with over 2,500 different tests on offer in the US alone, can explain why Myers-Briggs has so thoroughly surpassed its competition, emerging as a household name on par with the Atkins Diet or The Secret.” (here)
Whew, it’s Friday!!! What are your plans this weekend?!
