Must be Tuesday

[garnigal]

Tuesday kicked my ass. It's still kicking my ass.

I knew it was a possibility, (we'd had letters home from school saying there were multiple cases) but on Tuesday we got a call from the after-school care provider that they had found lice nits in Vv's hair. Ugh. Just typing that made me itchy again.

Mom was staying with us to babysit because we had concert tickets, so in the 2 hours between picking her up and leaving for dinner and the concert, I washed her clothes and bedding, got lice treatment and applied it, combed the nits out, showered and changed.

After the show, I was exhausted, so I went to bed. D stayed up. At 1 am he came in to say "Ann! There's something in the wall in the laundry room!" There was no time or energy to deal with it that night, but Wednesday he pulled the laundry room apart. It had become a dumping ground for tools, so first he put all his crap into bins. 4 bins of stuff that didn't belong there. Then we pulled everything out, undid the hoses, ducting, everything. I ran back and forth to the hardware store (Vv in tow, since she'd been banned from school until she was lice free), and then took her to swimming. When I got back, he'd moved the appliances. We'd planned to reorient them, he tried a couple of ways, and we finally settled on the best layout. By that time we were done in, so we wrapped everything to make sure no animals tried that again, and went to bed. Thursday and today - still no laundry room. He had to catch up on all the work he'd missed on Wed. I managed to test another layout thing - 3 sheets of 3/4 plywood to raise the machines enough to slide the laundry baskets under when the door is open.

So tomorrow - tae kwon do, putting my laundry room back together and experiments with Vv.

And then I die.

Comments

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh! (Did you ever find out what was in the wall?)



Gabrielle

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Based on the peanuts found in the vent, we suspect a squirrel. Fortunately, it only got into the dryer vent, not the wall or even the duct

[jerusha]

I feel like this has been the longest week ever. There must be something in the water.

But ugh. I got lice when I was 10 or so. I hope things get cleared up without further trauma.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

1 treatment seems to have done it. We just treated her - I'm a bit paranoid about myself. Everything is itchy.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

What was on the wall? Was he hallucinating? A shadow?

My friend's daycare just had a lice scare. She already hosed her daughter down with some treatment stuff to be safe because, yeah, just reading the word "lice" makes me itchy. (though for some weird reason, I loved when they did the lice check at school...I liked people playing with my hair LOL)

Who did you see in concert?

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

We think a squirrel in the vent. Fortunately 1 am paranoia made it seem worse that it turned out.

We saw Jann Arden

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Urgh!

The kid had lice one; when he was 8. that's 12 years ago, and my head still crawls at the thought of it.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

Good to know the itch will never go away. On the plus side, I have my laundry room back together!

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

So, what was in the wall? How did it/they get there?

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

A squirrel, luckily in the dryer vent, not the actual wall. Appaarently, after 20 years the dryer vent cover doesn't actually close anymore, so it could climb up in there out of the rain.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

What a harrowing day (and night). I hope the school is now lice free and you've put something over the dryer vent to keep other pesky critters out. Ugh to drama on drama days.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

We got new dryer vent hose, a new vent itself, new water hoses, platforms to raise the washer and dryer so I can slide my laundry basket under the doors. It was a lot of work, but my laundry room is awesome, and the critters are firmly outside and staying out.

So far so good regarding the lice. ugh.

[desdemonaspace]

I feel your pain. Lice are the WORST. (Also outdoor critters indoors, where they do NOT belong). You poor thing - glad you and D have it all sorted now.

**pets you gently**

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

It's one of those things that at least we are able to get it sorted. Usually we would have paid someone but we did it ourselves since I'm still not working. I have an interview tomorrow though!

[desdemonaspace]

Good luck on the interview!

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

What an exhausting few days!! I hope you got some rest!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Oh, hun. That sounds exhausting.