Short Update

Started writing this post several weeks ago... never came back to it... but I will post it unfinished anyway.

Short update:
Basement painting job is finished!! After many rounds of samples from Sherwin Williams and not liking any of them(for the section under our chair rail), I finally mixed some paint we already had into the paint we'd used for the top half of the room, lightening it, and it was the right choice. Now we can add some contrasting colors with other decorations. It feels so good to have accomplished this one goal. I wrote a big fat to do list back in November and just realized the other day that I've finally accomplished all but one of the tasks. The last one left is to plan Caleb's potty party.

What's really going on:
Planning Caleb's potty party has been pushed to the back burner for now because of Ian developing this "daytime urgency and frequency syndrome". Basically he has sessions during the day when he cannot stop urinating. Fortunately for us other times of the day he can go for an hour or so. But when a session hits, it's every minute or so. It is so frustrating for him, and in turn, for me. And with Ian, frustration is a pretty intense experience. I guess I am the same way. Anyhow, the combo of the two of us is not good with this issue. Honestly I am feeling extremely down about it. In part because I want to be able to help him and I can't. But also because I wonder if this is somehow related to stress that I have caused in some way.