What is Normal?

Normal, what a strange sounding word. Normal the dictionary says - conforming to the standard or the common type. Usual.
So I suppose by this definition our household would not be normal. I don't think I would even to venture to guess what a normal day would be. Take for instance last night, Monday is usually a quiet evening spent watching House and recently 24. Alan has to go to bed early as he gets up and leaves for work at midnight. Last night though he had to leave around 9:00pm so Abate and Fantu decided to get a bit crazy. They really can get a bit wild some (most)evenings playing and joking around but last night - well they started acting like chickens. Yes they were flapping their arms and clucking,and chasing each other around the living room. I have to admit it was very funny. But I couldn't help but wonder - are there other 11 & 13 year olds out there acting like chickens?
During the night as I lay awake (not a restful night) I was thinking about how it seems we have to search for and make the good stuff happen in our lives while the bad stuff just seems to find us. No avoiding it. It is so easy to let the bad take control. To lose hope and purpose. Yesterday was not a good day. UPS is laying off more drivers and it looks like Alan won't escape it this time. Things are also very quiet at my work, things are really looking down at the moment. But then I come home to my not so normal family and the laughter I wanted to fill the house was bursting out all evening. The day was so much better. I didn't have to search for the good - it's right there everyday with my family.
Things may never be normal by the dictionary meaning - but the crazy and unpredictable is whats normal for us.