pediculosis capitis

that's the scientific name for head lice. ick.

yeah...apparently i brought some critters from west virginia back with me. too bad we didn't catch it until 2 weeks after we got it. Whitney had it too, so we had a lice picking party and that made it not so awful. we've treated our houses and have to treat our heads again in 10 days...well 8 now. i'm just glad that it was us instead of someone else on the mission team, b/c we both got it when we went last summer and we knew how to treat it. i really hope i didn't give it to anyone else!

on a more positive note, i'm going to get my hair cut today. i want to to be really...different. i want something choppy and short...hmm....

we found this at http://headlice.org. me and Whitney sure thought it was funny:

Just One Lice is a Louse
        by Judith A. Goren

                           I don't think lice
                                  are very nice.

They check in with their nits
like your head is the Ritz.

They come by the dozens
and bring all their cousins.

They make your scalp itch
'til you scream like a witch.

Every hair is a slide
where they can crawl down and hide.

The nits cling to your roots
like mud clings to your boots.