varicella-zoster virus

Sounds nasty huh. N's been kicked out of school indefinitely for carrying the bugger.

Don't panic it's just chickenpox! Well, not 'just', as it looks positively uncomfortable.

Not many people who've raised children will readily admit to it but that doesn't make it any less true: the little ones at least double in adorableness when drugged up!!! Sedatives take the edge off 'em and release the angels within. *evil laugh* N is sooo cute fumbling about the house all groggy and top-heavy. And she does this incredible weary almost-smile; for her age anyway.

Upon learning that I may not have had chickenpox yet (my superb memory obviously didn't come from mum) and that grown-ups who get it suffer way worse than kids ('cos then it's even more herpes-like!), N promptly issued a restraining order against me in respect of her. Oh she's my darling. More than once she stopped dead mid-motion and retreated, after realising that she'd inadvertently come too close.

Gonna miss our cuddles terribly for the next 2 weeks.