Lice

Well - Lucky for me we had head lice just before we left Kansas.
Sounds crazy, I know. If we hadn't had it, I wouldn't have had any idea what it was and when I was washing Carlie's hair yesterday, I would have thought it was sand.  Lice for sure wouldn't have been the topic of conversation when I told my girlfriends here about my hectic week preparing for this adventure.
Come to find out that head lice is more common here than hotdogs are at a summer BBQ in Kansas.
Nothing like getting a lice comb as a welcome to the neighborhood gift.
Also, lucky for me that Quinn drove all over Lawrence the day before we left after Ben and I had gone to 3 places looking for a stock pile for us to bring down here.
So - as fate would have it........because we had lice there, I am totally prepared for having lice here.......
When in Rome do as the Romans.
Carlie skipped school today so that I could pick tiny little white things out of her long, thick hair!
Then I treated myself; since I haven't gotten the nerve to ask Mim, who is vacationing here from NY this week to dig thru my hair.
Fun, especially when it's a beautiful day and you're inside acting like an chimp.
Except I wasn't eating what I was picking out of Carlie's hair.
Rubi, I think she is our principal but I am not sure, had the school nurse check Carlie's class and yes indeed, 2 other kindergarteners are carrying the tiny little bugs as well.
If head lice is the worst of things we can pick up here then I am good with that.
It was much easier to get it here where everyone deals with it on a nearly daily basis than in KS where it seemed like an STD.
So - Thanks to Debbie for teaching me all about head lice and thanks to Maca for her super duty lice comb.....You may want to pick up another one while you're in Miami - looks like I will be holding onto this one!