Home today as Briar has pink eye. She and I are both face touchers, I pet my upper lip when I worry, think, sleep or read. She touches her face when she colors, eats, watches tv or sleeps. We are also big on hugging, kissing and touching everyone else in the house. Since returning from the horror that is the medi-center at closing time on a Sunday, we are home with a strict no hugging, kissing or touching directive from the doc.
It is awful, and yet, I am so very grateful to be home, tending to Briar. Her sisters are home as well, and though I am sure my hands will be raw from the excessive hand washing (and wringing), I’m finding deep satisfaction in managing this quarantine.
Perhaps during naps I’ll come and visit your blogs, I promise to wash my hands before I comment.
Are you wearing Lysol as a sidearm . . .?
I often forget this little accessory. Why, in our house of six, the colds just keep on coming . . .
only you would find 'deep satisfaction' in managing pink eye 🙂
i seriously don't know how you do it!
enjoy the hands-free loving 🙂
Oh pink eye…..sorry. Stuff like that always seems to hit around the busiest time of the year too. Get well soon.
The no touching directive is pretty much impossible, right?
I hear ya, I kept Luke away from Elle with a force I didn't know I had when the pink eye graced our house a few weeks ago. Good luck and get some moisturizer for those wringing hands.
This post makes me want to rub my eyes and then touch some doorknobs.
Hugs to you and your family!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. Hope your battle with pink eye is over soon. It's definitely not a very fun experience when you can't love on your little ones the way you want to.
Conjunctivitis. My favorite of the childhood communicable diseases. (how many words can I misspell in one comment??) Anyhow, sending non-itchy thoughts your way
Me too ~ I can't keep my fingers off my face. Hope she's better soon!! And that she didn't share this time!
Oh, your last line cracked me up. Good luck keeping your hands and lips off each other.
Those are crazy-hard rules! I'm trying to imagine explaining germs/viruses to my little girl. Oof.
Yeah, since I have some funky eye infection going on over here, you just feel free to rub your hands all OVER my keyboard