Last night was night two of not sleeping well. My littlest was restless, it was raining with thunder (very odd for December here), my husband was snoring then he was having a nightmare that I had to wake him out of. All of that and my anxiety over the nasty norovirus that is going around when having to attend a class full of kids in the morning was keeping me up.
Needless to say I felt like a truck ran over me in the morning and the stress over facing germy kids was not helping. I almost didn't go but I decided to go because my daughter was excited about it and I did commit to it. This is one reason I hate committing to anything. Then I feel obligated and it's hard to back out but I told them I would assist in class today so I brought myself in even though my immune system is shot from lack of sleep and too much sugar.
Of course there were two little boys (brothers I'm guessing) coughing up a storm. I just told myself it was the "after" a cold cough that people get. You know the one that lags on forever. But they also had runny noses so can someone please tell me why their parents sent them here!? Deep breaths - I can get through this just stay away from the boys and sanitize sanitize sanitize. The airborn germs I just tried to turn my head away.
They started with play time and my little girl picked a puzzle to play with by herself and I helped. Then another little girl came over. Oh no they are going to pass germs! Breath it's OK your daughter is going to be fine - this one doesn't look sick. You know what? It was okay - anxiety ridden? Yes, but it was fine in the end. Then we had story time and I strategically sat my daughter away from the coughers but then what happened The little boy who just said he had to go to the doctor because he was sick (earlier I over heard this) laid right next to my kid! What was he sick with? Is he still contagious? OMG. I scooted my daughter away a little. The story is over but what did the teacher just say? Snack time!? These kids just touched everything and spread every germ they had and you want them to eat? I had a little relief when the teacher gave each kid a squirt of alcohol gel but I wiped my little girls hands well. I passed out the pretzels after sanitizing my hands but I was careful not to touch the food. I told my daughter no cookies because the teacher was touching them and I am pretty sure she didn't sanitize (it is possible I didn't see it). Good thing we had cupcakes to decorate at home so I promised her one of those! This was the most anxiety I had the entire class. I didn't let my little girl have any water either because the teacher was touching the rim of the glass with her hands - eew! Maybe this will get easier with time just like dance class did.
After class all I wanted to do was go home and sleep. I'm beyond exhausted after this stress.
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