what is normal?

     What is normal?  I thought I had a good routine going with my boys.  We did the things we did on school days and we did the things we did on not school days.  Supper and evening activities were planned for soccer nights and not soccer night.  Things had a way of working out when Brian was home and way of working out when he was away at work.  I do like to be spontainious and I think I am pretty relaxed but I also like the be in control of what is happening.  Or atleast know what is going on and plan accordingly. 

     We had been looking to buy a new house and finally found one we liked.  We were going to buy it and move in then fix up our place and sell it.  Sounded like a good plan!  So we put in our offer on the house we wanted and got it.  As it worked out with the bank we were dealing with said we had to have an offer on our house now before we took possession of the new house or we would have to get a 2nd mortgage rather than just adding to the one we have now.  So we decided to list our house.  But it wasn't just that simple.  Brian had also just hurt his back and couldn't do much of anything so I had to clean, pack, paint and repair the house in the evening after the kids were in bed already.  We had also planned on going to Peru for a month and would be back a couple days before we got the new house so I packed up the house accordingly.  Only kept enough stuff that we needed befor we left on our trip.  This included Anthany's craft box, and alot of their toys and games.  It was okay for a bit we could make due with what was not packed untill we left on the trip, it was still pretty normal.  Well pretty normal except for the lack of sleep I was getting for trying to get the house in order to list it.(which I am still not caught up on)
   
 The abnormal began when Brians back was so bad that we had to cancel out trip.  The boys were disapointed and I was upset but what could we do?  So now we had an extra month to live here in this house with most of our normal stuff packed in boxes in the garage.  The boys were missing their toys and their craft box(my boys did alot of crafts) and soon after we were supposed to have left I had to start opening boxes and getting out stuff that we had run out of.(soap, T.P., spices, my big bowl to make bread, ect.) 
   
 It is also abnormal cause Daddy is home all the time but can't play with the boys unless it's something you can do while laying in bed or the floor.  We are used to dad comming and going and he isn't used to being home all the time.  He isn't used to hearing the noise of kids running around in the house and playing and fighting and being loud monster trucks and doing the things three busy boys do all day.  And the boys arent used to bing told to be quiet and don't run in the house all the time.  Brian finally understands why I like it quiet sometimes instead of having music or t.v or something on all the time.   I am used to running the house the way I want while he is gone and most of the time when he is home cause he is usually busy doing other things.  I am used to picking my battles with the boys or I would be saying no, no, no, no, no all day long.  The things that are importand to me aren't always important to Brian and vise versa.  I am not used to someone listening to me parent all day long and telling me what I am doing wrong and how to fix it.  So, I guess, all that to say that things aren't the way I would like then to be around here.  I would like to be spending more time with my boys rather than spending time getting the house ready to move.  I would like to be moved already so I don't have to keep telling Anthany, "please don't tape your stuff all over the walls and mirrors.  I would like my husbands back to be better so he is not in pain and grumpy so much,(and so I could have some help with the house and boys).  I just want a new normal, a new routine, and I don't think I can get that untill we are settled into our new house.  Good thing it is only 2 weeks away!