Normal

I've been wondering about what normal people do. I don't feel like I am a normal person. Maybe I am but I don't know it. Or maybe I am normal in some ways and not in others. And maybe I shouldn't care. But sometimes I feel a need to hear from people who seem to have normalness downpat to see if I want to be more that way. (After writing this, I think anyone that previously may have thought that I seem normal is now convinced that I am nowhere near that locale.)

Anyways, here is what I am wondering:

1. How do normal people eat? People who are able to maintain a healthy weight - how does it happen? Do they have to consciously think about it - what they eat, when they eat, how much they eat? Or does it just sort of happen? And if it just happens, what is it that's happening? Do they feel hungry less often or full sooner?

2. How do normal people's schedules go? I have worked shift work for so many years that I am still in a late to bed and late to rise routine. Worked well with Rob's shift work, too. But now I'm going to be working 8:30 to 4:30 and Taryn will start school soon. So I wonder, when do normal people go to bed and get up? When do normal people's children go to bed and get up?

3. How many clothes do normal people have? I and everyone else in this household maintain pretty small wardrobes. I have been amazed by the size of people's wardrobes on "What Not to Wear". Is that normal? I think it's possible that ours, and especially mine, are significantly less than average because: 1) I am a cheap Mennonite, 2) I have been too influenced by exhortations not to be materialistic to the point of being impractical, 3) I find it terribly hard to find clothes that fit me, and 4) I'm a student and thus we scrimp a bit. Taryn's grandparents gave her a gift of $ for school clothes, though, and I found myself reluctant to spend it. Doesn't she have enough? But maybe she could stand to have more. Maybe that would be more normal. But I don't know. Sure would be nice not to have to do laundry so religiously because we're always running out of clothes.

I would really like to hear back on this. If I get a feel for what is normal, sometimes it helps me to figure out what things should look like for me, even if it's different than normal.