Monday: A Great Loss

This is apparently to be a week of great loss and deep frustration, as I am trapped at home in a potty training netherworld of pain and agony.  I feel that if Dante had ever attempted to potty train a child, specifically my child, he would have most certainly written in a tenth circle of hell.  Not that today went terribly, but this morning, there was some screaming and threatening and deep angst at being asked to use the potty.  By ten this morning, Ivan had successfully completed the most important of all the bathroom functions to take place in the potty, and he was racing for the potty at the slightest urge.  I was able to take him off the timer, and there was much pride.

The bad thing is that we were chained in the house staring at each other like High Noon all day.  It was just tense, and it seemed like it was a constant confrontation where I was forced to chase down my child and go nose to nose asking, "do you need to use the potty??", "are you sure, are you sure, are you sure??!!".

In other frustrating news, FitTV disappeared from our digital cable.  On a day when I was trapped at home, I could always count on FitTV to provide me with enough fodder for exercise that I could work out all day.  FitTV was stolen from me by Oprah's OWN network, and I would never have expected it from Oprah.  I feel like she is always telling us to get off the couch and eat our flax seed and what not, but she really failed me.  No more Namaste Yoga and while Gilad still exists, he is relegated to five workout that air in the mornings, and I have already done them all.

Luckily, with digital cable, I can download all these great workouts.  So, when I realized that FitTV was gone for good, I pulled myself together and downloaded a yoga sculpting circuit workout.  I have never even heard of a yoga sculpting circuit workout, but I am here to tell you that I am in ridiculously good shape, and it was seriously the hardest thing I have ever done.  At one point, as I was approaching the third circuit, I thought I was going to have to quit and slink out of my den and hope the cat was not watching.  I made it through, and I think I will try it again tomorrow.  Other than that, it is another day of potty training and pain for me.