...walking into the bathroom, only to find that the toilet is clogged because "someone" wanted to see if their toy cars could float in water...yup, the maintenance folks were loving me that day...
or:
....going to a store with your potty training child, only to have her pull up her dress and yell "go poo-poo!" loud enough to have half the people in the store look at you like you just grew another head...
and of course, my favorite:
...walking into a commander's call (squadron pow-wow) feeling all professional, just to have someone whisper in your ear that your daughter's Strawberry Shortcake stickers are all over the back of your BDU pants.
Kids are a trip ; )
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Things That Keep You Going
Over at Crossfit Oahu, the workout facility where I spend several days a week, there is a quote that a lot of my fellow Crossfitters like to repeat when things get difficult:
"Start by doing what's possible, then do what's necessary, and pretty soon you are doing the impossible."
That saying has gotten me through many a tough workout - but recently, I have found myself applying it to more than just those times where I am drained from the WOD (workout of the day) and feeling as if I am about to drop. It actually comes in handy at other times, too.
Like those times when you have spent the day running your kids to every single kind of appointment, class, or activity known to man and still have to get home in time to make dinner and knock out 3 loads of laundry.
Or those days when your child is asking for help on their homework, and you realize that you don't even know to help them because you no longer remember how to do algebra. Google, here I come....
Or how about those mornings where you are groggy because your youngest just would not stay asleep the night before, so you stayed up with them and now have a billion things to get done - and have no idea how you will manage to do them. And not looking particularly attractive, either.
Not that these kinds of things have happened to me or anything.... ; )
"Start by doing what's possible, then do what's necessary, and pretty soon you are doing the impossible."
That saying has gotten me through many a tough workout - but recently, I have found myself applying it to more than just those times where I am drained from the WOD (workout of the day) and feeling as if I am about to drop. It actually comes in handy at other times, too.
Like those times when you have spent the day running your kids to every single kind of appointment, class, or activity known to man and still have to get home in time to make dinner and knock out 3 loads of laundry.
Or those days when your child is asking for help on their homework, and you realize that you don't even know to help them because you no longer remember how to do algebra. Google, here I come....
Or how about those mornings where you are groggy because your youngest just would not stay asleep the night before, so you stayed up with them and now have a billion things to get done - and have no idea how you will manage to do them. And not looking particularly attractive, either.
Not that these kinds of things have happened to me or anything.... ; )
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