It’s a Masque of the Red Death scenario. I’ve been happily free of infectious disease for the last few years, thanks to social distancing/masking and excessive caution. No colds! No sniffles! No lying abed with the blinds closed all day! It’s been nice. All that has changed.
Earlier this week, my daughter and granddaughter came to visit and brought back memories of when our kids would bring home all kinds of crud from school every day. Mary has been hit hardest with snot and phlegm and goo and sore throat and muscle aches, and has been laid flat for a few days. I got a sniffle. This is an unusual situation — usually I’m the one lying in bed crying and weeping, and she has to take care of me.
She’s starting to feel better now, she says, and of course we’d be happy to have the cheerful little plague rat come back again. Even if she was beating me at checkers all the time. She didn’t even know how to play the game until I taught it to her!
She was probably oozing brain-eating viruses the whole visit, and that’s the only reason she could win.
Maybe har face masks next time? We have all relaxed, but face masks help even with the common cold, provided the plague rat is willing to wear it (it is less effective for you and the wife to wear it).
Spell check altered wear to Swedish word har. Confusing for the reader.
Is there any way you can make wearing a face mask a fun game for the junior citizens visiting you? I have no parenting experience myself so my question may be stupid.
She’s perfectly willing to mask up in public. The catch is that when we’re home and having dinner and playing, masks aren’t going to work very well. Too much close contact. Probably the reason Mary got it worse is that grandmas get hugs and snuggles, grandpas get fist bumps.
I just really love those posts where you talk about your Family. So much love.
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She looks so happy to be kicking your butt at checkers!