Soothing Salve

It's official. I have to eat my words....after proudly boasting that my family has been blessedly well this winter, my elder daughter tested positive yesterday for the flu. Tons of students have been out at my preschool, and my daughter's school and if the doctor's office yesterday is any indication, there is just a lot going around! Needless to say, I have been washing my hands like a maniac (we are also on the oh so expensive Tamiflu) and I am paying the price. They have been dry and sore. Today I started religiously slathering on the new FC5 hand cream. Now, I still wash my hands a TON and so I have to keep reapplying, but I love the way it feels and smells! I suspect it will take a few days for it to "heal" my hands, so to speak. My only complaint is that I miss our small travel-sized hand lotions that would fit in my purse and in every nook and cranny of my house. Maybe those are coming but in the meantime I have to just carry this one around. I may have to bust out my Christmas Shea Butter hand care set to really do a number on my hands later...when I'm not running up and down the stairs a million times to check on the Sick One. Who needs the Wii Fit whenn you've got a sick kid who is bored and needy??