Day 12: My House Smells Like Poop

#day12 of #30days of #radical accountability complete.

Literally like poop. Because going cold turkey on the diapers is an interesting experience, and fortunately I was working and didn’t have to deal with the two partial poop incidents that happened today. But unfortunately I still hyperolfaction from my hyperemesis, and even though it happened hours ago and I’ve had all the windows open for hours, I still smell it.

In reality, our first potty-only day went great. We went through all but 2 pairs of underwear for each kid, which I think was pretty darned good for the first day. They learned how to pee into the toilet standing up for the first time, and had a great time standing to pee in the big potty and sitting to pee on the little potty in the family room for emergencies (when the big potty was occupied or they waited too long). They both initiated going to the potty multiple times, and Miles was having a grand old time running to the little potty, whipping his minions off, and announcing, “I think I need to pee” before fairly LEAPING onto the seat.

And only one of them pooped on the floor.

I’m doing less well, only because this obnoxious cold is really happening, and I’m not super thrilled about it. You know, unlike the rest of the times I’ve had colds and I was overjoyed? I’m definitely being a whiner on this one. I know it. I’m working on being less whiny. I’m trying to focus on that fact that I haven’t been sick with a cold in so long that I can’t remember when the last one was. Instead of being mad that I’ve been training for 4 months for a race that is THIS SUNDAY and now I’m sick. Because that’s what my mind keeps going to, and I have to really consciously tell myself to STOP FOCUSING ON THE THING I DON’T WANT and pay attention to the thing I DO want, which is to feel better and be grateful for good health.

I’m experiencing a variation of what I’ve heard some people refer to as “the yellow Jeep effect.” As in: As soon as you start thinking about buying a yellow Jeep, you see them everywhere you go and HOW DID YOU NEVER NOTICE THAT BEFORE? Which for me looks like: As soon as you decide to start changing how you do things and setting a better example and being completely transparent about your successes and failures, you realize how many things you need to change and how did you NEVER NOTICE THAT BEFORE? It’s a little surreal.

So, on to the radical honesty portion of the evening: I skipped my run and overslept. I spent the entire day in my PJs, except for when I swapped my flamingo pajama pants for jeans I pulled from the hamper to wear to the chiropractor. I basically lived on tea, toast, tablets, and essential oils today, until an hour ago when I drank a shake and some hot apple fiber, and now I’m on my second cup of hot apple fiber. I did drink some soup in there, and Jesse did homemade pizzas for dinner (before realizing it was National Pizza Day, weirdly enough), but it wasn’t exactly a stellar day in terms of nutrition or productivity.

But I’m feeling better, both physically and emotionally. And looking forward to a 4-mile run in the morning before some big meetings at work. It will be an interesting Thursday no doubt.

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