What Makes Regular Folk?

[CherryFemme]

To borrow from Camelot,

I whistle, sing and dance.

~CF

GUENEVERE
What do the simple folk do
To help them escape when they\'re blue?
The shepard who is ailing, the milkmaid who is glum
The cobbler who is wailing from nailing his thumb
When they\'re beset and besieged
The folk not noblessly obliged
However do they manage to shed their weary lot?
Oh, what do simple folk do we do not?

ARTHUR
I have been informed by those who know them well
They find relief in quite a clever way
When they\'re sorely pressed, they whistle for a spell
And whistling seems to brighten up their day
And that\'s what simple folk do
So they say

[Lynn]

My older daughter is at an anime convention (or "Con" in the lingo). She's wearing a slutty looking outfit, so I told her to be careful and don't talk to strangers.

I cry at touching television commercials.

I told my daughter that I only text two or three times a month and she called me a Luddite. I'm regular *and* old.

I think that wearing oversized clothing hides my fat.

Weekends are my favorite times.

I usually think that commercials are meant for me. I'm the demographic. Unless there are animated charachters or smiley faces. Then my partner is the demographic.

[swan]

I stay up too late, then have to get up too early. I'd be a total night owl if my job would let me.

Normally I work 30-40 hours a week, get three days off for my weekend (sat/sun/mon), but we've got a weekend project running which means I've had two full days off in the last few months. Memorial Day Monday and Easter Sunday.

So lately it's been stay up 'til 12am, get up by 6, emails, work scheduling, showering and yes, farmville-ing (I'm so ashamed. But my eighty bajillion animals that live in my computer NEED me...). Now that I have a cat again, I do the food and water in the morning....

Out of the house by 10 usually, work work work work work work until 6, home to upload work stuff, or hand entry on the computer, depending on which company I was working for today... Make dinner, do litter box, try to socialize sweet new kitty person (she's in my gallery, btw.), make sure she has dinner... Play on puter.

Stay up to late reading or knitting or something....

I can't wait to have days off again. I'll actually have time to make a garden....

[Lynn]

What makes me "regular folk" today:

It's 1:15 pm and I'm still in my pajamas.

I'm thinking of going back to bed.

I wanted to do laundry and get some things from Home Depot today. There's a 50:50 chance that this will happen.

My daughter, who lives in Florida, is now on her way to Disneyworld for the day. I told her to drive safely and be careful, and to call me when she's home.

I have a dog that chases rabbits in his sleep. He's doing it right now.

I got a great manicure this week. Now, every few minutes, I take a second to admire my nails. When my partner notices this, she laughs at me.

[DamonK]

Wake up anywhere from 11 AM to 1 PM.
Get up.
Kick the dogs out.
Get dressed.
Rescue the neighbors from the holy terror.
Eat breakfast/lunch.
Leave for work about 1:55
Sometimes have a good night, sometimes get steadily grumpier.
Off work anytime between 10:30 and 11:30.
Home.
Get the girl to bed.
Eat dinner.
Play games.

Texting as available.

Somewhere in there I may do some housework, definitely on days off though.

[little_ms_sunshyne]

What makes me normal...

~I am a teacher lol
~I wake up early every morning for about 10 sec...long enough to hit snooze!!
~I like the simple things...a pretty view, going out to dinner, visiting a coffee house, or watching a movie.
~My sister is my best friend
~ I am a complete sucker for my nephew
~I love the smell of clean laundry...Extra fabric softener a must!
~I plan...I like to plan and organize things.
~I like cartoons!!!
~I love to laugh at silly things...
~I bake to release stress
~I am a textaholic!!!

Yup...pretty "regularl"

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Diva

Oatmeal.
Almost every morning.

Me too. Mine is maple and brown sugar flavored and high fiber.

Does that mean I win or lose?



As for what makes me regular:

I am impatient and will yell at you while in my car, though I know you can't hear me and will continue to drift into my lane because you're on the cell phone and/or are fiddling with the radio dial.

I will sass Ebon throughout the day. We bicker like an old married couple and, though it can be unsettling to a few of our friends, I think most are used to it by now.

I shower twice a day. That's not regular, but liking being clean probably is, so when I come home from being outside in over 100 degree weather for half my day, the thermostat goes down and I get naked.

I fight with Ebon over exactly WHO is stealing the covers. (It's always HIM, btw.)

We'll watch a show or two together at night and/or chat a bit in bed before I fall asleep. When I have to be up early, he's sweet enough to use his CPAP, but I'm on my own when I work afternoons or are off. I tend to be a bit cranky on my days off and when I work afternoons. One day, he'll put the two together and come up with three.

I pee first thing after turning my cell alarm off and crawling slowly out of bed.

We can rarely make our minds up easily when it comes to what we want to eat, especially when we order in. It's like pulling teeth. But don't let someone tell us we "can't" or "shouldn't" have something because that's sure going to be what we "want" at that point.

We're difficult people and, in this day and age, I suspect that's pretty regular.