It's not so much that this word is scary on its own. It's more that we are just about to go to holiday break. We are about to enter the busiest travel season of the year.
This word will stop people in their tracks and destroy entire families' worth of plans. The word is the combination of two seemingly innocuous words: Chicken. Pox.
Chickenpox.
The school is notified on Thursday. The child was diagnosed on Tuesday. Thanks for the 48-hour late head's-up. No, really. Um ... thaaaaaaaaaaaaanks.
MERRY ITCH-MAS, EVERYONE
