Without having to bring Renee to school today, I told daddy that I'd like to go have breakfast with him(so he could help me carry the groceries back heee - heavy stuffs today mah, toilet paper, powder detergent, etc. He knew my intention, 'cos he asked "U need to buy things har?" hahaha). And as I've complained about the noise the car make when I need fast acceleration for over taking cars/change lane, he'd be bringing it for re-fix. For that, I've to rush over to Compass Pt to get the 3 of Eu Yan San's cough powder changed to which that is for 'hot cold'(as I found out that her phlegm's of slight yellow colour) and they got me to buy the 'liu wei tang'(think it's good for digestive system) ingredients to boil with soup(cooking now :>).
Daddy dropped me at the carpark where Renee and I 'switched' car lolz and I took the opportunity to buy some more vegetables. At Cold Storage, I chanced upon a mommy with a girl wearing Kinderland's uniform and from the look of it, she would be from Nursery level onwards, so I approached the mommy to check if she's heard of any HMFD case in the morning session(at that timing, they must have came back from sch already). A nice lady but she appeared shocked that we're letting Renee stay home and the way she put it : "serangoon branch right? only 1 case now and just 1 case, the school wouldn't be closed. Anyway, the school and Mrs Teo(the principal) have always been most diligent, so there shouldn't be any worry unless your child is very weak". I told her : "ya, my hubby's quite worried about it and my girl hasn't been best of health, so we decided to stop for a while" and she gave me a look like it says 'oh u ppl so kiasu' and said "in that case, why not let her take Vit C?". With daddy's waiting at home, I couldn't talk more with the lady so, I thanked her and rushed off.
I guess the lady's right to a certain degree 'cos last night, I text a mommy of Renee's ex GUG playmates as her girl(wae shuen)'s attending Chiltern House and to my surprise, she told me that CH has had many cases since May but under control, 2-3 only until lask week when there were 10 and she's only brought shuen back after the school got in the professional to do a thorough fogging and sanitisation. So, I guess in this area, the Kinderland Renee's attending does seem diligent('cos they even sanitised the school even when there wasn't any case dur the last outbreak in most schools) but since there's a case now, the exposure's there and I'll have to monitor the situation and decide later when to let her resume school - most likely next Tuesday, after our teacher/parent meeting, though some parents are bringing their children back this Thursday...
Meantime, I took the opportunity to wash up the other pair of her sneakers :)
Like most mommies, I would love the 2 hours+ of 'freedom' when she attends school but I'm equally fine with her being home as she's rather independant, as in not bothering me too much and could play on her own or does her artwork(like right now) most of the time. Although she can get on my nerves at times(well, which kid wouldn't?) hahaha but I can't simply 'push' her to school just because I wanted 'my time' right? Anyway, I can always bring her out - which she simply enjoys! :D
Remembering us telling her that she won't be going to school, Renee told us she wanted to, when she woke up. And when she saw the girl at Cold Storage, it reminded her and she requested again, more insistent this time, so I told her to ask her papa. She did, the minute she saw him when we got home and given the way she asked him, he softened, *aiyoh* and told her : "ok, you finish up your bottle of water, u can go to school tomorrow". I went : "huh? u sure or not? tomorrow?" and not looking at me('cos he was the one who INSISTED that Renee should not go back to school for a while!) and replied : "then how?" Men!...
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