If you had 37 in the pool you get to
walk away with the cash!
Now, I highly doubt there's a pool for
this particular number. If there were, then I would guess that
someone out there has been driven HIGHLY insane by all the things
going on these days. But I was curious about something, so I kept
track of it yesterday, and that's how I came up with the number.
During a 9-hour day at work I wash my
hands 37 times.
That works out to around once every 15
minutes, which, among other things, probably explains why my hands
are so dry and cracked. But these days you can't be too careful, I
guess. Even though I'm here (mostly) alone and have been for eight
weeks now, I'm still following recommendations and washing my hands
when I feel the need.
And, apparently, that need is every 15
minutes.
Now, just so you don't think I'm a
freak (as opposed to all the other times I've said “now, just so
you don't think I'm a freak”) I usually wash my hands quite a bit
anyway. I'm quite aware of germs and how they're transmitted, and
while I'm not in any way OCD about it I do try to keep my hands
clean, especially when I'm about to touch food or drink. And since,
when I'm at work, I don't eat regular meals but instead graze my way
through the day, I'm washing my hands quite a bit.
Considering I haven't had a sick day in
three decades of working here, I'm thinking that's a practice that
actually does pay off.
I have no idea how much I used to wash
my hands before the pandemic struck. I do know it was a lot less
than 37 times a day; the dry skin on my hands is proof of that. So
I've always been a little...careful about keeping them clean. But
like many things these days, my old habit has been twisted and turned
and refined to become something I hardly recognize. However, unlike
some of the things we no longer recognize, I'm thinking this isn't a
bad thing. My hands are staying clean, I'm staying germ-free, and
aside from going through copious amounts of lotion to try and keep
the cracked skin a little less cracked, it's not too much of a change
from normal.
That, however, is not to say that I
don't look forward to the day when I no longer have to wash my hands
37 times in a 9-hour span. I'm keeping my fingers—my dry, cracked,
but clean fingers—crossed.
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