Just Bitchin’ About: ignorance
Okay, I’m not perfect and I admit it. I’m pretty obsessed at this point with purell and Lysol these days. I actually sing in my head at least one verse of “Happy Birthday to You” when I wash my hands with soap… I do this b/c some doctor on Oprah or the View or some other show told us that this was about how long we had to wash our hands in order for it to be effective. I’m pretty happy he didn;t want us to sing “Frere Jacques” I’m not sure I would want to have to sing so many rounds… OKay, moving on… Our house recently had a visit from the Swine Flu.. it hit 2 kids and a husband. It is rampant around my kids school (as it is around most schools these days). My son went to school last week, and I was called about 1 hour after he arrived because he had a headache and small fever. i pretty much thought that he had “it” and took him straight to the doctor. Of course, he was positive. Okay, no worries, he was fine… Later that day I took my other 2 kids to a party and was asked if my son was “sick or does he have swine flu?” Really? I wasn;t aware there was a difference between being sick and the flu. Are they not the same? Really???!!! I replied, “well, both.” I was met with a “ooohhhhh…. ” then this lady turned to her daughter and said, “stay away from the siblings.” As I processed this, tried to maintain my cool… many responses went though my head. Things like, “No worries, my kids can’t stand yours anyway. No problem, no one wants to be near your kids anyway. How about, hey , promise we can make this a permanent thing.” But, I just said, “that’s nice.” Which I was actually a bit shocked that it came out of my mouth.. I was really proud of myself… I was met by the rude mother with a “well, I’m just trying to be creaful” (Now, so you know the backstory: this mom is currently going through chemo treatments for breast cancer. She looks good, and is expected to make a full recovery. i’m not at all trying to belittle this situation… I really would never wish that on anyone…) However: IF YOU ARE TRYING TO BE EXTRA CAREFEUL THAN WHY IN THE HELL WOULD YOU GO TO A PARTY THAT HAS A LOT OF KIDS WHO ATTEND A SCHOOL WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CASES OF SWINE FLU, STREP AND OTHER VIRUS’!!! And, why would you go the night you had a treatment? So, now it’s my fault that kids are getting sick? Really!!!!!??? I guess it was that trip we took to the farm that allowed us to roll around in the pig pen. That must have been it. You stupid, righteous, condesending, no-personality, no class bitch! LEAVE MY KIDS OUT OF IT! They are not the center of the CDC’s investigations.. We know the risks of sending our kids (and ourselves) out into the “world” to be among the people.. it’s a fucking risk we take everyday!!! Now, I have t go and put some Purell on the keyboard!
“Quit your bitchin’… that’s why we’re here”
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