There’s a cruelty that assumes normalcy. It was as if she were explaining what I should want. PLEASE. I can’t have a normal life.  (Not that that is my goal). Approaching me with that BS is pointless, incorrect, and insulting. And it’s kinda laughable because I find basic assumptions funny. It’s 2026, and we all want a white picket fence…still. Apparently. 

I remember when people assumed I wanted to climb the corporate ladder. How can that not be hilarious?! Never happned. wow. shocking. unbelievable.

And just because something falls under “normal behavior” doesn’t mean it doesn’t cause harm or that it’s right. So if something is “normal” and it harms someone, the person could say I’m sorry, not that ‘it’s normal’ BS. I thought they hated excuses. Hmmm?  People love to pull that one. They are sneaky with it sometimes. Others shout it. 

 Normal can simply mean it happens a lot, not that it’s right.

And if someone is offended by the word “normal,” I guess they are associating it with something from their own life. Something that isn’t normal just means not common. Doesn’t make it wrong. Why are people making normal/abnormal good and bad? Oh, right. Basic thinking. Binary thinking. There’s a much better term for this, but I can’t keep all this in my head, and I’m not looking it up.

I’m not going to get into the privilege* of being closer to normal than abnormal. Oh, “privlege”, found a word peple hate much more than “normal”. But is that why they hate the word normal so much? Definitely plays a part. Don’t say the word and the issues don’t exist. No comment on this line of thinking. See this a lot too. Sigh.

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I have so much more to say about this, of course. But not right now. Another horrific transitition into the only fun I’m having right now. Is fun the right word? Ha. No. But I’ll keep it.

What I Did This Week

Music of the Week

Listened to a lot of music this week.

Books of the Week

Finished reading:

• The House Sitter by Keri Beevis – Fiction. My rating: ✦✦✦ (really 3.75) Didn’t like it as much as the people on Amazon, but it was okay. I figured it out halfway through so that kind of ruined the ending and it was hard to care about the last 20% of the book. From my initial notes: “Who are these people? Too many.” – lol. Common thought when authors introduce a ton of characters at once.
• The Island: Compass Key Book 1 by Maggie Miller – Fiction. My rating: ✦✦✦✦ A romance! I rarely read romance. Mainly because if it’s obvious how it’s going to end so what’s the point? (They get married or couple up.) But I thought the premise was interesting and I knew it would be different. I was torn on the rating because it wasn’t that good (around 3 stars) BUT I wouldn’t mind reading book 2 so I gave it 4 stars. Guess I didn’t hate it. Btw, I probably wouldn’t have read this book if I knew it was a series because a romance series? Uh, no. But this one? Maybe. I don’t read series when I love the 1st book in any genres so it depends….The main thing I didn’t like is the man must be rich, the woman doesn’t have to be. No working class people! Unless you are the woman, then you might be okay. UGH. I hated this. This is another reason I can’t read romance.

Quote of the Week

Currently experiencing some of this. Oof! Find the rest of Bridgette’s writing here.