If I could have some coping vibes for a friend of mine, she's had a rough couple of years and just got an awful sucker punch.
She'd gotten back in touch with one of her best friends from High School a month or so back. He was supposed to go out and visit her for the weekend but never showed. She thought he blew her off, but when she went on-line to try and find out what had happened, she discovered he had slipped on some ice on some stairs, hit his head during the fall, and died.
She's just (understandably) devastated. I can't even imagine what that must feel like. Words fail.
Shocking new school lice policies
Not all that shocked myself. My kids have never been sent home with it, never had it discovered at the school. I'm always the one who finds it. le sigh.
Speaking of which, I am having trouble getting a hold of dose 2 of our treatments, which is bumming me out. Maybe I'll go buy a silicone hair product on my way home and try it on the kids. I don't like putting the poisons on their heads but I also don't like lice. And my sister looks down on me for failing to keep my kids lice-free.
oh co-worker, you really wanna argue mileage to a job with me WHEN I RUN ALL THE MILEAGE ON GOOGLE MAPS!!! I do not pull these figures out of my ass.
seriously just said to me "well it may say it is that far, but it is really not. I'm not gonna argue with you about it, it's just not."
Nice bit of snow just fell in the mountains, which is an excellent place for it. Rain on the roads down here in the valley.
An arrangement I can believe in.
But it feels so right!
It really does! Right until someone asks me to explain why I think that and I realize I
don't even know.
Speaking of which, I am having trouble getting a hold of dose 2 of our treatments, which is bumming me out. Maybe I'll go buy a silicone hair product on my way home and try it on the kids. I don't like putting the poisons on their heads but I also don't like lice. And my sister looks down on me for failing to keep my kids lice-free.
FWIW, during our lice outbreak, Paul did a lot of research, and it sounds like the chemicals really aren't all they're cracked up to be, and that the best solution is a high-silicone hair product (the cheap shine sprays are A++) and a good comb.
It is so much easier to lice-comb my son's hair (longish for a boy) than my daughter's (long required for dance - she actually wants to cut it but can't.) Honestly, lice are sort of like mosquito bites - annoying, but not a threat to anyone's health unless you're allergic or something. But if they're not that contagious, how come my kids keep getting them? They don't share hats or brushes at school, and we've only had one sleepover this year.
isn't greasy hair good for getting rid of lice?
FWIW, during our lice outbreak, Paul did a lot of research, and it sounds like the chemicals really aren't all they're cracked up to be, and that the best solution is a high-silicone hair product (the cheap shine sprays are A++) and a good comb.
That is what I am thinking of trying, Plei. The treatment we've been using is alcohol-based, not chemical, but it is kinda harsh on the hair. And it turns out to be hard to get. Good combs we have. Do you have to saturate the hair with the silicone product and/or leave it on a long time?
isn't greasy hair good for getting rid of lice?
based on anecdotal evidence (namely Isaac), I'm going with not an effective preventive measure.
