Bound to happen sometime

with all the excitement of yesterday and skipping school, I forgot what day today was. It was PE day at school, and I forgot to dress T in her PE uniform. Instead, she was in her regular one. Neither of us realized until we pulled into the parking lot, T spied a classmate and yelled, "But its Thursday!!"

Ooops.

T was very insistent that I tell Mrs. Cabezas that it was my fault and not hers, which I promptly did. I knew this would eventually happen, it was only a matter of time.

Meanwhile, I put so much crap in T's hair everyday to ward off potential lice, that some of it develops into little white flakes. Everytime I see the least little speck in her hair, I'm picking at it like a crazy woman, afraid that its you-know-what. Oy, the stress.

Luckily, its all been a continuous pattern of false alarms, which is wonderful! So, we're doing homework, have a date with a shampoo bottle, and then I'll be trying to adhere all of the the girl scout daisy crap to her vest. I'm hoping and iron will suffice, and I don't have to break out a needle and thread.

Hope you all have a great night!

Rainy days and Mall days

Yep, T played hookie today. We both stayed in bed and slept in late.... To the very late hour of 8:00 a.m. I blame T. I was willing to loll around in bad for a few more hours, but she was up wanting to watch cartoons. sigh. Got up, dressed in some cute rainy day clothes, and headed out to Target until the mall opened.

The tropical storm has been a total non-event here. All I've experienced is a light to moderate rain...all day long. No thunder. No lightening. No sideways rain. No bands. No wind. Just a constant soaking.

We bought a few things at the mall, and were back home by 1:00. Our girl scout loot arrived, so stay tuned for t in her official daisy uniform.

Now, we're making cupcakes. The preparation was temporarily suspended when I discovered after mixing in the water and the butter that we didn't have any eggs. A quick run to the farm stores, and we're back in business. T helped quite a bit.

That's it for our big day off.

Fairy Tale Products and Tropical Storms

The all-natural products I ordered on Aunt Ceci's recommendation, to fend off Lice arrived today. According to the literature, you can use the products everyday, and they will repel lice. I suspect T and I will be bathing in the products for the near future.

I've combed out T's hair with a special lice comb last night, and I beleive that the professionals truly got all the lice stuff out. yeah! Hopefully we can put this sad chapter behind us.

Meanwhile, a tropical storm is headed to us. Its supposed to start raining tonight and not stop until tomorrow night. Flood watches, tornado watches, news media in a frenzy, etc. Tomorrow T's school scheduled an impromptu, unplanned early dismissal. Apparently a pack of nuns are in town from another state. Something about accreditation. So, since its also the last day of the year to use my floating holiday, I'm cashing it in. Thought T and I would have lots of fun and maybe go somewhere. This dumb tropical storm is putting the kabosh on that.

New plan is that T will stay home the whole day. No reason for me to wake up early to take her to school, only for a couple hours. We'll stay in, watch TV, watch movies, make cupcakes, and otherwise have a nice lazy day in the house.

Hope your day is just a fun, but a bit less wet!

Officially De-Loused

It's official. We have been de-loused. Never in a million years, would I ever think it would even be necessary, but there you have it. Neither Dot nor I had been infected We were thoroughly checked.

T, on the other hand, was a different story. As I said before, I had been constantly looking through her hair since the letter came home from school, but saw nothing. I did start seeing the "nits" or egg adhered to her hair, but no bugs until Saturday. I saw one in her hair at Target, but couldn't get to it to kill it. I saw it again in sears tire center and killed it. Looked through her hair, and saw no more, but called in the professionals just in case as a preventative measure.

Good frickin thing I did! They combed at least 20 actual bugs out of the childs hair, and an untold number of nits. I was dying. T hadn't even been itching. I never imagined that she'd have so many in her hair. Lady said that this was not a bad case, at all, but a light one. Good lord, I can't imagine what a regular or even heavy case would be like.

So, I have Leonor here de lousing the house. All the bed linens, towels, brushes, etc are being washed in scalding hot water. I also have many instructions for the coming week. Louse calls says, though, that she is now cleared to return to school, thank god.

So, there you have it. I'm exhausted from the stress of it all. On an upnote, the relief worker at my parents house seems to have worked out well.

Hope everyone's weekend was a bit less stressful and itchy than mine!

Holy Mother of God

I knew going in that becoming a parent would expose me to all sorts of gross things... poopy diapers, soupy poopy diapers, vomit, wet beds, bloody knees/elbows/noses, gross decaying bottles and food found in unlikely places, etc. What I never counted on?

Frickin' HEAD LICE.

Yes, hot on the heels of the school's announcement on Thursday that a kid in T's class has head lice, I found a bug in T's hair today. Also, odd tiny white dots adhering to her hairs...just a few. All I can say is thank god for google.

I immediately googled "head lice" and came up with the web site: www.lousecalls.com . The professionals will be coming out tomorrow and treating Taylor, and inspecting and treating me and Dot if necessary. They will also give me advice on how to de-louse my house. This is all I need.

I'm very much afraid that when I report it to the school, they won't let Taylor back into class for a week, after the 2nd treatment, which is applied 7 - 10 days after the first. We'll see.

Please say a prayer. The last thing I want to do is burn a whole week of vacation time, because of this idiotic reason. Sigh.

If I couldn't stop itching before, you should see me now. Apparently, a louse doesn't fly or jump like fleas. They are spead via close contact or common use of brushes and towels. Since T and I sleep together, I figure I'm screwed. The only thing that might save me is my liberal use of industrial strength hair spray. Oddly, lice like clean hair more than dirty hair.

Ain't motherhood grand?

Miscellaneous Nothings

**Well, its Friday again. I've spent the day at my parents' house. Why? Ico the aide calls to say that she's getting sick. Luckily, she has a friend who relieves her. The friend's name is Veta (pronounced Vita). Ico springs this on me late wednesday. I suppose I should be greatful that I got even that much notice.

I was very much worried that the new face in the house would be a problem, so I wanted to be here today, to smooth things over. So far, so good. But, I had to cancel a bunch of statements at work. I felt bad b/c I know a couple witnesses had rearranged doctors appointments, based upon my subpoenas. Anyway, they are reset til next week. Hopefully, Veta will work out, and Dot and I won't have to do weekend duty. That's the plan, at least.

**Meanwhile, I'm still itchy. Aunt Ceci recommended a line of hair products that is organic, that apparently repel lice. Apparently the little buggers don't like the smell of rosemary and other organic products. I can't wait for the stuff to arrive. I'll bathe in it.

** The new Naartjie winter line is out, and I bought a few pieces in the dark cranberry color. Figure it will be nice for the holidays.

**Still waiting for her girl scout daisy unform to arrive. I wish it would hurry up!

**We have no big plans for the weekend. Hopefully it will be blessedly quiet. If you're a praying person, please include us in your prayers. PEACE. GLORIOUS PEACE is what we're after.

I'm off in a bit to go get T, then search through her hair literally looking for bug. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I'd be doing that. I don't know anyone who ever had lice in their hair when I was in school. They'd check, but no one had it. Today, it seems to be quite prevalent. I wonder why?

Wishing everyone a peaceful and bug-free weekend.

Itch-a-mania

A note came home today from school. Turns out a kid in T's class has head lice. So far, I think we're ok. Problem is....

I CAN'T STOP ITCHING!!!!!!

Daisy Troop 275

Guess where we were this evening?

GIRL SCOUT ORIENTATION!!

Girl scouts are a bit different today than in my day. Now, the little ones can participate. They are called "Daisies". First meeting is Oct 11 at 6:15 p.m. We're very excited.

I see lots of cookies in our future!

Just one more?

Hmmm, I wonder if the kid could possibly add one more hair accessory to her tiny little head?

Glam on, T! Glam On!

I Hated It

Have I mentioned that I hate the barnes and noble book fair show? This year was just as bad as last year. The show is in the children's area, where there is a small stage. Problem is that there is no room for the parents. Everybody is crowded in, and you literally can't see anything. What's worse is nobody has any problem elbowing their way in front of you, and blocking your view. I didn't choose to enter the fray this year, and stayed toward the back of the room. Only good thing about it is that its over quickly, once it gets started.

All I could see was the top of T's head, as she played her toy guitar in her role of "the rhino".

I'll try and post a picture or two soon. Don't have high hopes. The only way I could take them was by standing on my tippy toes, holding the camera as high above my head as possible in the zoomed mode, and snapping. I think I was lucky and got a glimpse of T in the shot, between parents' heads.