Impossible Moments
Some days seem to be filled with these impossible moments where I just can’t physically do everything that I have to do at that moment or multiple things go wrong at the same time. In my head I’ll despair a little and sometimes leap to the worst case scenario, before collecting my thoughts and moving forward.
Here are a two examples from today:
I took my thee girls to field day at Isaac’s school. For the most part, everything went smoothly but there were a few impossible moments. 
Like when I was feeding Ila a bottle, Nicole was playing on the playground, and I saw Charlotte clutching her pants. I asked Charlotte if she needed to go potty and she said yes. Knowing that sometimes when I catch her clutching her pants, she can’t even make it to the bathroom from the livingroom at home without an accident , I panicked a little. I imagined myself with Ila in one arm, Nicole in another, both girls screaming, abandoning my stroller full of things in a mad dash to the bathroom, and having Charlotte wet herself along the way which would mean I somehow had to get everyone around the school, down the hill, and across the street to the car in order to change her in the parking lot while my two other girls screamed. Luckily a mother of a boy in Isaac’s class who I knew was close by and was able to watch Nicole while I took Charlotte to the bathroom with Ila in my arm (and Ila didn’t get mad about me interrupting her feeding). My relief didn’t last long because right after returning from the bathroom trip, she told me she had to go again and this time it was #2! Not wanting to take any chances, we repeated the entire scenario again!
Another impossible moment happened after we got home. I had just bathed and dressed Nicole and Charlotte was in the bath. I put Ila down so that I could help Charlotte wash her hair and as I did so, Ila started crying. Then Nicole came into the bathroom behind me and as I was putting soap into Charlotte’s hair, Nicole attempted to empty the kiddie potty into the regular potty which resulted in her pouring pee all over herself and the bathroom floor! At almost the exact same moment the phone rang.
Unfortunately those weren’t the only impossible moments today, yet I still love being a mom and wouldn’t trade it for anything else in the world!
i call those moments “when chaos strikes”. i remember steve being around for one of those moments and afterwards, looking a little dazed, he was like “whoa, that was intense, glad that doesn’t happen too often.” i just laughed and informed him times like that happen at least 2 to 3 times a day and are just to be expected and gotten through.he seemed pretty horrified by that! i’m glad you wrote about them and how you handled it. i’m impressed you don’t just melt down, but you are a very resourceful person, so maybe then again i’m not surprised you don’t start crying too!