Withdrawal Symptoms

We've had a cold over here for the last week and a half.  And it's been slowly driving us all mad.  Being the conscientious family that we are, we don't want to give our cold to anyone with a compromised immune system or anyone who might wish to visit a person with a compromised immune system.  We've refrained from visiting babies, whose new parents might just faint at the stress and worry a baby cold can induce.  And we've completely avoided school-aged children who might end up missing out on school due to sore throat and uncontrollable coughing.  As you can imagine, that leaves us with precious few people to visit.  So, we've just been infecting unsuspecting strangers in the grocery store and at gymnastics school.  And writing letters to the cousins we miss.  And generally being pretty antsy about being able to finally see and hug the people we love.