Wednesday: Swim and Weights Workout

So, I will say that in the annals of potty training, today was a low.  Ivan woke up before five this morning screaming for his diaper, it was more than the worst.  The wailing went on until 7:00 and mutated into hysterics.  In fact, I will just go ahead and let you know that we were all hysterical with exhaustion and the mind-numbing misery of a determined toddler wailing for something that he is not going to be given.  I hid in the bedroom for about 10 minute slugging coffee and desperately wishing it was something stronger.

Ivan finally pulled it together long about 7:30 AM, but he never once used the potty.  It was a whole day of wetness and great misfortune and serious exhaustion. We stayed home from swim to potty train, which was a total bust today, and by 8:00 AM, Ivan was ardently asking about the gym nursery.  We will stay home on Friday as well, but we are both ready to get back to our morning outings.  On a morning like today, there is no joy in being stuck at home.

Anyway, as we moved through the day, things got easier.  We had a successful swimming lesson and a reasonable trip to the grocery store.  When Ivan went down for his nap, I was able to get in a really tough Exercise TV yoga sculpt workout, before whipping up dinner, heading to work and then to swim.

Swim tonight sort of made me feel like a new person.  Work makes me late to swim, so I only got in 2500 meters, where the rest of the class got in more like 3500 meters, but it was my only option.  Workout as follows:

• 10 x 25 swim with pull buoy
• 10 x 25 swim with pull buoy
• 5 x 100 swim at t-30 pace
• 1000 pull
• 5 x 100 swim @ t-30 pace

It was a great workout and my swim actually felt really strong, which maybe means that a week of not pushing as hard as usual made me stronger tonight OR my deep frustration with our potty training situation spurred me to greatness.  I do not know.

So another day at home tomorrow.  Hopefully there will be a run and some yoga in there somewhere.