“Back to Normal”

About two weeks ago, the state where I live determined that it was safe to take face masks off indoors. As a result, the kids in my school got to take theirs off, too. I kept mine on, though. I have a trip planned over spring break, and it would suck if I got sick right before my trip.

Besides which, I haven’t been sick with anything in the two years since I started wearing a face mask. Why would I want to go through all that again?

Unfortunately, it might not be up to me. Kids have started coming to my groups sick this week. This morning, they went through half a box of Kleenex in three hours. One of them kept sticking his hand into the Kleenex box and squishing around like it was a toy. Another one told the teacher of a different group that she couldn’t smell anything, ha ha.

Notes were sent to classrooms, asking that these kids visit the school nurse, but who knows if they did? We’re back to the “normal” situation when parents sent sick kids to school because caring for them would be too much inconvenience.

Here we go again.

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