Well, I promised an entry about the party, so I'll start there. The party was awesome. Everyone had a good time, and several folks showed up that I really didn't expect. It was great to hang out, eat, play volleyball and airhockey, and visit. On Monday, everyone who attended from work told me that they had a good time. My camera was wigging out, so there are no pics...sorry.
Monday was the first, which means statements. Yuck. I had to be up before 4 to leave by 4:30 to be at work by 5:30. Statements went a bit ugly, but it was straightened out in short order. Yes, I pulled someone's ass out of the FIRE by closely watching their crap. Loser. You owe me. I left early to lose the OT (yeah, that sucks, too) and took the kids to get library cards. What a fiasco. Oh, we got the cards all right, but the rainman-type lady working there had me worried. Yap Yap Yap this, Yap yap Yap that. Sheesh, shut up and give me some books already!
Tuesday and Wednesday were just as frustrating. More messes (not mine) for me to clean up. Great! Today is Kevin's Bday, so we were set to make it a good one. We've been married for 10 years, and 9 of those years have proven a horrible or stressful Bday for Kevin. I was determined to make this one good. Yeahright.
The girls went to bed early so they could see him this morning. They did real well, and I woke them at 4:45. They watched him open his gifts, then he went to work, saying "if the rest of the day sucks, it's already worth it. All of my girls sat with me this morning." His mom, myself, and both girls were there, watching, and that made him happy. Boy, was I glad he said that. Yeah, glad.
This afternoon, Linda found lice on Natalie. CRAP! I haven't dealt with this for years. I don't take it lightly. Lice. Must. Die. Kevin got a call, on his BIRTHDAY, to stop at Walmart. Yeah Honey, your daughter has lice, now we must work all night. Happy Birthday, Honey. He bought the stuff.
Linda cooked an awesome dinner for him, but it waited while we did the lice removal gig. I took care of the girls while Kevin sprayed the furniture, beds and pillows. Linda kept dinner warm and Brett did laundry. One at a time, we all completed the multi-step process to rid ourselves of the nasty creatures.
From the combing, we found out that nobody else had them. Just Natalie. I don't care. We'll repeat the process in 10 days, all of us. I will NOT take chances with this crap. I shouldn't admit such a crappy situation in public like this, but it's part of my life, and you signed up for the whole story when you started reading this crap months ago.
After the fiasco, we had an awesome cake (thanks Linda) and now we're gonna watch Big Brother (which we taped earlier). Life is ok. Nah, life is good. To hell with head lice. I can kill them...I've done it before. 6 years in the day care profession taught me how to deal with this. If it's the worst that happens, we are lucky. Lucky indeed.
4 comments:
Where do you suppose Nattie got head lice?
Glad you party went well.
Brook had head lice last year. I had toget prescription medicine to get rid of it. No one else got it. Vacuuming does just as well if not better than thos sprays. But do it daily to make sure you get everything. Lice cannot live more than 24 hours without human blood. Now that school is back I am going to have to do daily checks!
gah...I won't bore you with our lice drama a few years ago. It was horrific. Have you seen Ryan's long beautiful CURLY hair?! It took FOREVER to get thru it.
Happy Birthday, Kevin!!! (ok, so it's a lil late... hee hee)
~Amy
I hate to use this comment to pimp the wonderful Lynda Barry again --- but in her book "100 Demons" (which I sorta named my journal after), she had a great story and cartoon strip about lice. I think it's out in paperback now. You'd dig it, honey. Seriously.
xo,
Russ
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