Don't Touch Your Face!!!... Monday, April 25

Kids are the dirtiest creatures alive… I’m convinced of it. And Mi Nam, my dog, with his daily cleaning routine which involves licking his own rear is nothing in comparison to what I’ve seen my daycare mini-Koreans do.

Seriously.

I can’t help but be reminded of a grade nine science experiment I did where I investigated the extent and amount of germs on daily items, like your bed mattress and door handles. It was disgusting.

My daycare mini-Koreans are adorable. I love scooping them up and tickling the heck out of them till they're on the verge of peeing their pants but naturally they have a healthy curiosity with what’s in their nose, what’s in their pants, what’s this and what’s that, but just as touchy as their wondering and curious fingers are they are equally unaware of just how gross it is to see them “investigating” things. I’m not a clean-freak but walking out with a white shirt now spotted in guestionable green spots is… hmmm… “interesting”.

The 5 Golden Rules to Booger-free Health:

1. Don’t let anyone (including yourself) or anything touch your face – this includes your hands, their hands, and clothing.

2. Make hand soap your new best friend.

3. Refrain from picking up anything questionable unless you know what it’s made of.

4. Don’t put anything in your mouth unless you’re the only one who has touched it, this includes things like chopsticks, cups, and so on.

5. Be sure to load up on extra vitamins because colds will be shared and sneezes will land on you so you don’t want to go in without a strong immune system to guard you.

I’ve been working at the daycare for two months now and today I woke up sick. I wasn’t feeling so good late last week so I loaded up on liquids and tried to get some extra sleep but my dedication to my boxing left me training late and lacking sleep.

Today I woke up with no voice. My throat was bone dry, my eyes were itchy, my head was throbbing, and my nose was runny. I ended up taking the day off from the daycare and headed to the hospital where the doctor loaded me up on meds and sent me home to sleep. Sleep?! No time for sleep. I probably slept an extra couple of hours but with an important meeting I couldn’t miss and coach text messaging me to come out to boxing, I downed my meds and headed out the door around 1pm.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Was I the only one who ate sand from the sandbox when I was a kid?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.
-- Author Unknown