Genuine question and I’d love to hear the experiences of others in the comments.
I consider a normal week to be one that unfolds mostly the way you expect it to when you go to bed on Sunday night. You know what’s on the calendar, you’ve planned for your responsibilities, and each day basically unfolds that way. There are no significant disruptions whether it is illness, an emergency, new appointments, etc.
How often do you have a week like that? Most weeks? Half of the time? Once in a blue moon?
Over the weekend my face started swelling up next to the right side of my nose and I didn’t feel well. Sunday it was definitely worse. (Because these things ALWAYS happen on the weekend, don’t they?) By Monday the right side of my face was sufficiently swollen that I contacted the doctor’s office and requested an in person visit that day.
Diagnosis? Sinus infection. A bad one. But only in one sinus. And I haven’t been sick (that I’m aware of). So I’m now on antibiotics.
So that messed up Monday homeschooling because I was unwell and had to go to the doctor in the afternoon. It also spilled over into Tuesday. We completed some of our studies, but my stamina is low enough that I didn’t push myself to do all the things.
If I had to make a guess, I would guess only 5-10% of our weeks are normal.
Is that the case for you? Is this what everyone experiences most weeks? Or are we an outlier? Is it normal for most weeks to never go the way you plan?
We purposefully live a life with margin, but it seems like it is never enough lately.
What is your experience?