7 O'clock Already?!

After my previous blog today, I dozed off for about an hour. I crashed on my bed sideways just hoping for at least a 20 minute power nap. At 7 o'clock, I woke up, looked at my watch, and panicked. I ran into my roommate's room and said, "Oh no! I have to be at school at 730!" I ran into the bathroom turned on the shower and a thought hit my brain like a lightening strike- it's 7 pm!!! Ha. I guess that power nap really did me some good! When I was making dinner (a can of green beans and wheat thins), I started to think...I wasn't even under my covers, my blinds were open, and my roommate was up on her computer with the overhead light. All of these things would not be occurring at 7am. Ha.

To get to this next funny story, I have to fill you in on some background information. Like every family, mine has it's fair share x5 of problems. Growing up, this can be something you resent. It's very easy to become angry at the unknown and 'abnormal'. My mom has bipolar disorder. It is a difficult illness, but can be treated with medicine for you to carry on a 'normal' life. The biggest problem with bipolar's is medication compliance. It's really not a funny situation, but it's takes me to my next topic. Last night, my roommate and I went for some Mexican. Typical. Remember, I'm Hispanic:) Like always, we were sharing everything that had happened that day. My mom and I didn't see eye to eye last week and had a heated discussion which I had already told MG about. Well, yesterday, she was totally on my side. She did a 180. MG begins to chime in. She says, "I'm not calling her bipolar, but why/how did she change her mind so quickly?" I laugh, and say "well she is bipolar, but...." MG expresses that she didn't mean it like that, she was just using the expression very loosely. I didn't mind at all, but it was funny and kind of befitting!!

What is normal? In the medical setting, the word normal should never be used. Within normal limits (WNL) is acceptable, but good and normal are just words you don't use to describe a patient. The definition of normal is- conforming to a certain type or standard, regular, average (Thank you Webster). There are many different types/standards in the world. I don't really like the word normal. Scenario- I'm the grocery store line in between 2 people. I'm wearing a bubble dress, flats, dangly earrings, and makeup. The girl behind me is wearing khakis, tennis shoes, a cardigan with a cross necklace. The girl in front of me has dyed black hair, black nails, fish net on her arms, black pants, and a pink shirt. I'm buying avocados, wine, deodorant. The girl behind me is purchasing a cookbook, socks, envelopes. As for the girl in front of me, she has beer, a fishing rod, sleeping bag. Which of us is the normal? We all are. We're all buying normal things and wearing normal clothes. What I'm getting at is that the definition of normal is way too broad. You can buy fish net in stores, so does that make it normal!? Just some food for thought.