G-Snap and Expectations

Before I got G-Snap I was having all these fantastical ideas about how I could train him to pee in my potty. The first day that I broght the kitty into my house it had other ideas about where it should pee. Its make shift litter box did not seem appealing, and instead opted to pee routinely on my bed and around my house. This weekend my life became about the desire to teach my new friend how to use it's potty. After a little guidance and prayer, G-Snap is happily using the restoorm. I think this is a really ample analogy for what it must be like to have kids. You think that you will teach them five languages and that you will feed them all organic farm fresh seasonal food and you settle for getting them to read and are extatic that they are healthy. I think that in terms of expectations it is important to be idealistic and optimistic; then it is okay to be realistic. I am so proud that my kitty is using it's litter box, it was a huge accomplishemnt for us. I am not punishing GSnap or myself for not meeting my original expectations, because they had nothing to do with the reality of the situation. They were more about my comfort and irrational desires.