The More Things Change, The More Germs Stay the Same
In 2014 — that's a whole-ass decade ago, y'all — I wrote the following on this very blog: "There are certain things that I can always count on happening. The sun will rise and set, the moon will wax and wane, and my kids will bring home every germ within a twenty-mile radius during the first few weeks of school. It's all inevitable." Colin would've been in, like, 4th grade at that time, which means Cameron would have been a first-grader and Coby a Kindergartner (and Corbin would've been just two years old, still crappin' pants and takin' names at home). They are a whole lot older now, so a bunch of things have changed around these parts since then. But guess what hasn't changed, not even one iota? That's right: my children being complete and utter paragons of picture-perfect health all summer, then going back to school (or in Colin's case, to work) and dragging home ALL THE GERMS. Not only that, but there's a lovely thing ca