You can make it normal for you, but it won't align with normal for everyone else, so if you want to join a club that meets every Thursday afternoon, for instance, it's not going to happen.

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Just to let you know, you're not alone at all - my husband is doing 34-hr.-a week security guard work, and his schedule is weird! It is: Monday off; Tuesday, noon to 8:30 PM; Wed., 1 PM to 9:30 PM; Thursday off; Friday, 10 AM to 6:30 PM, Saturday, 4 PM to 8:30 PM, and Sunday, noon to 6:30 PM. Or something close to that. He never has 2 days off in a row. And on the weekends, he works over on the West Side (Santa Monica area), and during the week, it's at the Grove/Farmer's Market. He is making the best of it - he is also a termite operator with a (very) small business, and does small gigs here and there! The schedule bugs him, BUT at least it's steady income, and he's very grateful for THAT. In this economy, you can't easily "pick and choose" the way you might like!!...

its normal if it is predictable. you just have to fit your social life into a revolving door.