Back to 'normal'

You may ask, "What is normal?", and I will respond with--"I HAVE NO IDEA!" I can't tell you how many times I write out a schedule of everything I want to get accomplished in a week, of the chores I want the girls to complete on their own, of all the cleaning I want to get done, of the many things--in the school area--that I want to teach them, my meal plan written out and the free time to read, relax, whatever....It is Sunday night, after writing out that schedule, I feel 'normal', and then comes Monday morning....
The breakfast dishes are left in the sink to deal with behavior issues with the girls. The girls attempt to help me clean, instead of just putting their clothes away they decide to pull out all the others clothes to organize them a bit better, that is fine--I needed to get to that eventually anyway. Time to wash the floor, they want to help, which leads to an extra load of laundry from all the towels that were used with helping me. (no time to finish organizing all the clothes, too much on the schedule to get done)We head outside for a small nature walk, which turns into playing in the creek, which turns into more laundry, which also turns into time passing quickly and it is time to make lunch. Lunch turns into more dishes, which are left to deal with more behavior issues. Oooppssss, need to get that laundry going, well---I should attempt to get some schooling done today, more behavior issues...who knocked over the open shampoo bottle? Lets sit outside to read some books, look at that butterfly...grabbing our nets and jars we head off on another expedition. Oh no, it is 4:00 already!--forget the meal plan I guess we are doing breakfast for dinner, everyone needs a bath, book time is a must--we hardly read a thing today. Girls are in bed, I finally get my dishes done, move the clothes into the dryer but have 2 more loads behind it. I surface clean...and sit down to write out my schedule for Tuesday by moving over everything from Monday that I never accomplished and then get ready to start all over. Only Tuesday involves babysitting in the morning, playing with friends till about 2, leave for drama class at 3:10, home by 5:30 and packing whatever food I can grab quickly into the cooler or little hands, in order to make it to Tball at 6, which lasts till 8, after running errands--home by 9, kids in bed and the schedule is forgotton under all my piles of papers that need to be filed on my VERY messy desk....and there we go, back to 'NORMAL'. You may ask, "What do you prefer?" and I believe there is a correct answer to that, but it can only be answered if my perspective is correct....the dishes can wait, the laundry will be there for the weekend, the schooling can wait for a rainy, slower day, food is food--who said it has to be on a plate, involving 3 food groups(every night)....there are butterflies to catch, creeks to explore, hands to hold, and a time to scold. I think it is great for them to learn to be on a schedule and get things accomplished, but that does seem to be the abnormal (during these young years, at least). I think I would have to answer your question with....
"This is the 'normal' I prefer."(yes, that is a worm that I found just sitting on my kitchen table)