A "normal" week, during the school year, is certainly different than it once was. After all, Sherry's up in St. Paul, so it's hard to think of that as "normal." But go with me here.
Criterion #1: A "normal" week should have me in Rochester, all week.
Since the beginning of the school year, I don't think that has happened yet. If it has, I don't remember it.
One week, I didn't travel for work, but I spent the weekend at the apartment in St. Paul. Is that normal? It was relaxing, that's for sure. (There is no lawn to mow at the apartment. Big plus! But not normal.)
Next week, I think I will be in Rochester all week. But while being in Rochester is necessary for a week to feel normal, it's not sufficient. You see, one or two of my evenings will be tied up with work commitments, so I will not have to get dinner for myself. So that's not normal either.
Criterion 2: A "normal" week includes meals I have to plan for, shop for, and prepare. That almost happened this week -- I can count the D&D group feeding me as "normal" now, since I plan for that meal, even if I don't prepare it. It occurs regularly enough. But, I will be eating dinner outside of Rochester Thursday through Sunday, because we get to fly to NYC to see Leah perform. Which is wonderful! It's just not "normal."
Criterion 3: A "normal" week has a five-day work week, Monday through Friday.
I'm thinking I will not get a "normal" week until sometime in January.
And so, if "normal" is that rare, it can't be "normal" can it?
I just have to face it. I don't do "normal."
Well, normally, I don't.
To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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