I HAVE TO GO!!!!!!!!

Today I sat in my van twice trying to buy time....Earlier today waiting for Mari's preschool to get over and later when both Hank and Mar crashed and I wasn't going to dare wake them up and get them out of the van as I was waiting for Dylan to finish up a class, so I just sat...but I found myself in both times having to "go"....

First it is usually ok to hear men talk like this but as a mom and as a nurse my life is consumed in " I HAVE TO GOOOOOOO!!!!!" moments......

Call it the Potty...The Lu...The John.... The Can....The " I HAVE TO GOOOOOOO" Room...and even better when more than one has to use it at the same time.....

This thought of having to go has been lingering around in my head the last few months because to survive daily right now I have to adjust everything I do around this one thing...and have found it even more amusing when I am alone with the three of my kids and I "HAVE TO GOOOOOO!"

Like earlier in both situations...I was sacrificing my comfort for well...My Comfort...  "Bladder Distention" VS  "Calmeness and Quiet"

I can go all day "without going"but at both work and at home I am ushering kids and patients to the bathroom.....cleaning up accidents and yes at times, getting "it" on me...and prepare yourself for this "honest, gross confession"  having that awful stench on  my hands EVEN when  I have used a gallon of Bath and Body's strongest and a bottle of hand sanitizer to try to get it off...it just sticks and STINKS.....hoping that was more of in the diaper phase.......but still wiping butts.......

and even after that...I still have to pick up the Dogs dooo.....:(

The problem is that  the kids always have to go the moment I am in the back of the store....the moment I just leave and my FAVORITE...being alone in the car, while one is sleeping (esp this summer when we were on the road back and forth on the turnpike)....

Hence...my solution...

Connors ON THE GO in the van potty

We use this everywhere now...not just on long car trips but trips to Walmart...ect...(It has helped to make at least one thing "SIMPLE"  in my life right now.....)

Packed in my van is the potty, some Lysol wipes, baby wipes and hand sanitzer and "baggies" for "mr. poops" Just real life baby...

Somehow being confined in the van rather than dragging all three into the store bathroom is way better than them climbing on the gross floors, touching the toilet and me trying to confine one or more while I am trying to keep the other from falling into the toilet.  

I still find myself in the store bathroom but way less for them and usually it is for when I need to go...which is another topic...let's just say I threw modesty out the window a long time ago and could care less if a stranger gets a peek...usually I am glad at that moment there might be someone willing to grab one of my kids if by chance my pants are to my ankles and one is getting away!!!  Usually one of them climbs under the door and the other plays with the latch and  gets the door wide open... 

 I do have two techniques that seem to pay off 80% of the time lately that I will share:) (Yes, potty time  is a good "Mr. Rogers teachable moment"...anything to try to look like a better parent!!!

1.  I  ask them, "show me how you pray..." they fold their hands and show me....nothing like throwing God in a bathroom trip!  I need Him usually the most in these moments.......

2. I ask them to show me how tall they are and stand up against the wall with their hands against it...with all three of them they make it a game....Maybe I am preparing them for a mug shot???

As for our "van potty"  Let's just say in times of "Crisis" I have used it myself...TMI???? I have heard moms share their stories of using diapers in the car so my method makes me feel a step ahead of the game:)    but as for today this was my relief with Hank........

The postman's bathroom (this is at a local park...that I have seen random
people stop and use and today used with hank...yes that is a Superman sticker on the door!!!)

The second part of the day I allowed my bladder to suffer in while trying to find a moment of peace...as usual, something had to give...........