Germ Warfare: Daycare is Contagious and There Is No Vaccine

From the outside daycare looks like a smiling happy group of children who spend the day playing and learning, holding hands and singing songs. Those of us who have spent time in the trenches know the real, seedy truth:  daycare is a germ-infested environment that would horrify even hazmat-suit-wearing CDC staff. 

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Business Attire for the Working Mom

The one thing about being a working mother is - no matter how hard you try to leave the house without some bit of something on your clothing, you can't.

It must be some weird physics thing - there's like a vortex or something from the moment you put on new clean clothes.  

Oh - you can think you've left the house without a spot.  You can look yourself up and down and inspect...but the moment you get into work, there will always be that one guy who looks at you and says..."Did you know you have a little something right there?"