The New Normal

Life isn't normal anymore. Everything has changed and everything is different. The library books are due every three weeks instead of every four (which reminds me I probably have some overdue). Grocery stores change their sales on Wednesday instead of Sunday. Everything (and I mean everything) shuts down at nine o'clock. Most stores are closed on Sunday and the few that are open are only open during the afternoon. Anytime you take a drive you are likely to have to follow a tractor driving 15 mph for ten miles. Being in a different house, the furniture is different, the TV is different, the channels are different. I have none of my "stuff" in my room. I am working at a small clothing store that isn't half the size of the misses' department of the store I worked at before. It seems like every few days, we end up driving over an hour to the hospital.



What I have to learn to accept is that what used to be our everyday life is a thing of the past. This is normal from now on. It's an adjustment and sometimes it's frustrating. On the other hand, it's normal now to run into friends or family when I go to the store. That never happened at our "other" home. There's no sitting in traffic for hours at the time, either. The new normal also involves shopping trips, going to the movies, girl night out, and having dinner at friends' houses. Our life has been completely turned upside down and inside out. But, if I remember to appreciate it, a some things have changed for the better, too.