Wednesday, June 8, 2011

The World Revolves Around... the Potty

I haven't posted in a while. I'm recovering really well from my deviated septum surgery, despite a really scary drug interaction the Friday night after the surgery. For all of you who want to know but don't have the nerve to ask, no, I did not get a nose job along with my septoplasty. I have the same old pointy schnoz that I've always had. Darn. (Besides, if I was going to undergo the knife, I can think of some body parts that would get much higher priority than my nose. If I wasn't morally opposed to cosmetic surgery.) But I digress. My mom just left on Monday after being here for three weeks. She was able to help with the surgery, help me organize our junk room into a play room and generally make my life awesomer. It was fabulous. I'm having serious withdrawal now that I'm having to be a responsible adult again. :(

We (meaning my mom) started potty-training Jackson while she was here. He is plenty old enough at 3 1/2 , but I'm not nearly old enough. Or maybe I'm too old. At any rate, I don't do poop and this is killing me. He's got the pee-pee thing down pretty well, but this sitting-on-the-potty-for-an-hour-and-then-pooping-in-your-underwear thing is getting old. Really, really old. Maybe those in the 7th circle of hell are really just condemned to an eternity of perpetual potty-training. (Deep breath.) I can survive this. Really. I can.

5 comments:

mandy_moo said...

Part of me wants to giggle--not at the fact that you're dealing with poop in the undies, but just the way you say things, it's very entertaining... the other part of me is horrified, I am not looking forward to potty training.

K kid said...

And I meant to say that my mom was here to help with the kids while I recovered from surgery-- not that she has become a surgeon or randomly decided to help with the surgical procedure. :)

LollyDolly said...

Karen, you make me laugh...but I do feel your pain--along with a bunch of guilt that I started the process and then left you to deal with the yucky part.

Jared and Allyson said...

Oh, good luck! Potty training is so emotionally draining on a mom. I wish you the best!

Crystal said...

Good luck with that! I don't think it is that fun at any age... but then it is fabulous once it is over! :) We may be both stuck in the bathrooms this family reunion! You with Jackson and me with Ashley.