well unless your a parent those are innocuous words. a childhood sickness. once you’ve had it you possibly won’t get it again. itchy, ugly, spots that let you stay home from school for at least a week. to the parent of a school going child it is a death sentence. said child cannot go to school for at least one week. nor can said child(ren) play with others for that time unless you are absolutely certain that the other children have either had chicken pox or their parents want them to get the chicken pox.
oldest large child got chicken pox two weeks ago now. for a week she was contained inside the house. driving me further insane. THEN when she was able to go back to school, but wasn’t it mid term break and oldest large child had ANOTHER week off school. tomorrow oldest large child goes back to school. insane mother of three is beside herself with joy.
today healthy weighty wee man and wee blonde child got the chicken pox. at least it is not as hard to deal with their containment…
