LC returned to school last week after about 13 months of maternity leave and several months prior to that working from home. Naturally, Surprise! therefore took the opportunity to be sent home from nursery on Wednesday with chicken pox - a very mild attack that left him entirely healthy but unable to attend. (And, as with Funsize, it's extremely likely that Surprise! got chicken pox from the nursery he then couldn't attend. But not matter.)
So, this was a rather spectacular example of bad timing, especially as my own long-awaited return to the office was set to happen today.
But...
On Saturday there was a big family gathering for one of my neices' birthdays - a gathering attended by the entire family with the exception of LC and KS. Due to the chicken pox, LC elected to keep KS away, and so didn't attend.
On Sunday I went to church with Funsize. Once again, due to the chicken pox LC elected to keep KS at home, and as LC was struggling with a cold it made sense that I was the one to go.
On Sunday afternoon LC tested positive for Covid. Somehow, I tested negative. (Best guess is that she has received either a fairly weak strain or a very low viral load, and so it wasn't able to jump further. Or I've just been lucky. Or my turn is coming up.)
The upshot of that is that KS's chicken pox, which seemed be timed to be an absolute disaster, has turned out to have protected a whole lot of people from being classes as close contacts.
Well done, the wee guy - you timed that well!
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