Posted by: brandiandboys | May 13, 2008

I Heart the Ballpark

I really do. I love the ballpark, which is a good thing considering I’m a mom to three boys and spend a lot of time there. I love everything about the ballpark. I love the game. I love watching my kids participate in a team sport. I love the peanuts and sunflower seeds. I love the social aspect. I love meeting new friends. I have loved the ballpark since I was a little girl watching my Dad play in softball tournaments. The ballpark is a happy place. I love everything about the ballpark.

Except this….

Yes, that’s me and that’s my 4 year-old, Gage, using a porta-potty. I hate porta-potties. I would rather dig a hole for my kids to go in than to have to help them use a porta-potty. They are the most unpleasant things around. I have had bathroom experiences in 3rd world countries that are more enjoyable than using a porta-potty. The last time I used a porta-potty (against my better judgement) I sat on a wasp and got the sting of a lifetime. Extremely unpleasant.

This particular visit took Gage 7 minutes, yes, I timed it, I’m weird like that. Seven minutes and he’s four. Imagine what it will be like when he’s forty. The only positive aspect of his seven minute visit was that I got to stand still, completely still. And from where I was standing I had a perfect view of Jett on second base. So for seven minutes I stood completely still and watched Jett play ball while Pete chased Brewer around the ballpark.

Hummmm, maybe that’s a reason to start liking the porta-potty.

Your turn, what grosses you out?

Disclaimer - so sorry porta-potty people. I am sure you work hard to create a clean, pleasant, portable bathroom experience, but seriously, is there anyway stagnant pee and poop and can be made pleasant?

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I too have a real problem with porta-potties….the last time I was in one was at a flea-market in a little town in Kentucky—–I got so choked up I had to turn and leave without using the only facility within about 5 miles….We had to leave so I could find a clean restroom…..

By: Laurel on May 13, 2008
at 3:47 am

I agree. Nasty!

By: Pete Wilson on May 13, 2008
at 4:22 am

Oh, how FUNNY! Bless Gage’s heart, he’s precious, even “on the pot”!

I would begin a petition that this particular ballpark build a real restroom. Come on guys, suck it up and put a little $$ forward for the cleanliness and comfort of your spectators/players. Of course, we play soccer at HYSA which has around 10 porta-potties. I guess I’ll just have to start that petition myself!

Oh, and I get grossed out by my cats’ litter box. The worst chore in our household is cleaning that nasty thing out!

By: Lori K on May 13, 2008
at 4:37 am

You are low!!! Not only are you taking a pic of gage “making the brown” it was in a port-a-john.

As far as what grosses me out….You really don’t want me answering that question do you?

By: Brian Alexander on May 13, 2008
at 5:00 am

OK…this is going to sound very strange, but I am grossed out by cotton balls. The thought of someone pulling a cotton ball apart and trying to touch me with it makes me freak out.

By: Laura Morris on May 13, 2008
at 5:50 am

port o potties are gross…

What grosses me out? so many…..

spoiled milk is probably what gags me the most.

By: Heidi on May 13, 2008
at 5:58 am

Laura - Thanks for your honesty, but that is a little strange. Are you afraid of Q-tips too?

By: brandiandboys on May 13, 2008
at 5:59 am

Having to clean up chunky puke in a kid’s bed…cuz you know the second it gets shifted that smell is going to break loose - but yet you have to get the chunks off so you can put the bedding in the washing machine…

(shudders)

By: juliepersinger on May 13, 2008
at 6:35 am

Poor Smoke first you get a picture of him in his undies eating a cupcake, now him dropping a deuce. You stay classy WaxyWife

By: Giant Idiot on May 13, 2008
at 6:45 am

Yes porta potties have to be the last resort for me! And yes, the resort being your child telling you they have to poop and can’t hold hit! Great. I hate public bathrooms anyway but there is something about a porta potty, the smell, lack of air, and flies swarming you! Yikes- makes me squirm just thinking of it. Thats probably at the top of my list.
So funny because with 3 kids you know you are doomed to enter the public bathroom or porta potty! :)
Kara

By: Kara Prater on May 13, 2008
at 7:17 am

I hate porta potties. I REFUSE to use them. They are so nasty. My in- laws go to a cabin every summer with an outhouse and I hate that too. The smell is awful. I also agree with Julie about hating cleaning up your child’s vomit. Yuck.

By: Stephanie Nichols on May 13, 2008
at 12:02 pm

eeww. nothing nastier. i have a friend who’s little girl was waiting on her big sister in a truck stop bathroom. the mom was helping her 4 yr old on the potty and noticed her 2 yr old licked the pot handle!!!!!! i gross out everytime i think about it.

By: mandy on May 13, 2008
at 12:43 pm

so, I’m glad we’re on the same page…
I had a nightmare when I was little, to save you the trauma, I’ll share it in less than 20 words:

went into said jon.
fell in hole.
pee and poo came to life.
and stinkin’ CHASED ME!!

My fear validated by your post? Most definitely.

By: cathi stegall on May 13, 2008
at 5:02 pm

As much as I hate porta-potties, that is how much my 6 year old loves them. See a port-potty? Suddenly he HAS to go. He was in heaven the day they lined up 8 porta-potties outside his school (of 750 kids) because they thought the water would have to be turned off the next day. My husband (who is truly porta-potty-phobic) about had a heart attack. Fortunately, the water was fixed that night and the porta-potties were not needed. (Even more so because the next day it rained and sleeted all day.)

And last Wednesday they set one up for the construction workers working on the school. The moment we left school “Mom, mom, I HAVE to go to the bathroom.” “NO, you don’t have to go to the bathroom.” “Yes, yes, I REALLY have to go, I can’t wait.” “No, you can wait.” (I’m wise to him, see.) Needless to say, he waited, and when given the opportunity to use a real restroom…managed to wait several more hours.

So, what really grosses me out is how much my son loves porta-potties.

That and the smell of ketchup. Can’t stand it, it makes me gag. (I eat it, just hate the smell.)

By: graceunbound on May 13, 2008
at 6:56 pm

i was in the 4th grade. we were camping. i had to go potty. no one would go with me. why? because everyone else hated the porta potties too! so I go. I’m ascared. I slowly creep in. sit down. and down i go! that dang hole just about sucked up my whole little body! the ONLY things sticking out were my legs from the knees down and my arms. Torso and bottom snuggly trapped in the big pooey hole in the ground!

Traumatic.

very. very traumatic!

But what really grosses me out is the last spoon of baby food from the jar. I’m gagging just thinking about it. It’s just so. so. slimy. and wrong.

By: tam on May 13, 2008
at 9:32 pm

Tam - that mental image made me laugh out loud! love it!

By: brandiandboys on May 13, 2008
at 9:36 pm

@ Tam. I think I need therapy after hearing your story.

By: Brian Alexander on May 13, 2008
at 9:40 pm

I love the ballpark too… My Grandma and Aunt always took us as kids to see Grandpa play!!! Still Love it to this day! Go Cubs! And JETT :)

I hate Feet more then anything!

Good Porta Pottie story~ Ask Jen about her getting me to lock someone in one!!! Im going to hell for it Im sure!

By: Jessica on May 13, 2008
at 10:02 pm

All I know is I would not be taking pictures of “Chuckie” on the porta-potty and posting them on the internet. That could be very costly for you. A hammer to the forehead would not feel very good as you are sleeping, now would it?

By: B.J. on May 14, 2008
at 7:32 am

10 points to tam for the best rent-a-jon story EVER!!

By: cathi stegall on May 14, 2008
at 8:39 am

O-Yay!

I love points!

By: tam on May 14, 2008
at 10:28 am

then take 3 more! They’re all yours!!!

*raise your hand if you love tam! :)

By: cathi stegall on May 14, 2008
at 1:02 pm

*raising*

By: tam on May 14, 2008
at 1:47 pm

*raising* too!!!

By: cathi stegall on May 14, 2008
at 11:22 pm

so like every day evan and rachel are in the computer rooom with me as i look at emails , etc and we came across to the ballpark porta-potty scene. Evan thought it was great!! Evan now wants to use a porta-potty.

By: Julie bell on May 15, 2008
at 5:21 am

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