Julie Jay: Like lightning, chicken pox doesn’t strike twice — unless you’re very, very special

Number One has been in chicken pox quarantine all week and I don’t have the heart to tell him that, based on my own history of chicken pox, it might not be a one and done situation

The days are long for everyone when you’re in chickenpox quarantine. Picture: iStock

WHEN we were floating around a pool in a Galway hotel, I spotted them. 

Initially, I convinced myself that the red dots were bed bug bites, but given that the previous night we had slept in my mother’s house — my mother, the retired primary teacher — I knew there was a higher likelihood of finding the Magna Carta in her home than finding any form of insect, especially those that like a mattress.