  I don�t know why it�s bothering me so much. It�s natural, tons of people get them, it�s pretty easy to treat, and aw, fuck it. I think it�s horrible. Somewhere along the way, most likely from being in customers� houses all over, I contracted head lice. HEAD LICE! I�ve never had them before. All I have (had) were nits, just weird little eggs of the blood sucking parasites.
I home remedied it, as I am not interested at all in being treated with chemicals. So, it was mayonnaise on my head for two hours, under a plastic bag, under a towel. I smelled fan-fucking-tastic. After this, Kurt fine combed my hair, pulled out all the nits he could find. I made him do it twice more, he couldn�t find any. This is what it looked like. http://www.headlice.org/faq/notnit.htm I also got the confirmation here that mayo works just as well on lice as many other products, without the pesticide component that those pesticides offer.
Don�t get me wrong. I may still get the pesticide, but that�ll be when my next scheduled dosing is (in a week). An interesting side note, after the saladirific experience, my hair is crazy shiny, manageable, and generally nice to touch and look at.
In other news, Kurt and I got help from the University Chaplain here. He arranged for us to get a food voucher from the grocery store, and a raid to the local church�s Public Cupboard. We now have canned food, and tomorrow, 50 bones worth of groceries. This is a great and unexpected relief. Of course, I feel guilty about it, I�m of the mind that we didn�t need the food, we weren�t in dire straits. Some one else, on the other hand, might be, and he or she might have wanted that can of re-fried beans.
However, after eating something other than porridge, and getting a call to pay some miscellaneous bill, I�m thankful. The money I get at the end of the month can go to the bill paying, instead of the food buying. Words can�t express how utterly thankful I am, despite my stupid guilty feelings. How did I get lice? I feel like Pigpen from �peanuts�. Yeah, yeah, I know they don�t care how clean you are, but I remember being a kid, and a teen and a young adult around home.
I was taught, not so much by what my parents said, but how people acted when the term �lice� was applied anywhere. Poor hygiene was implied. So, hey, at least this is a lesson in humilty, I�m not going to make a face or go �eeewwww� when someone talks about lice in the future. The funny thing is, a really good friend of mine found out her infestation, and that�s what drove me to get my head checked. I didn�t think she was gross, I remember thinking that she had real shitty luck. I get it, and I�m Pigpen.
Go figure. I hope to be out and about to my loyal satellite-buying public tomorrow. Also, on Thursday, I apply for a part time bakery job. I figure I need some sort of job satisfaction somewhere, as I�m developing moral issues about selling lots of TV to people. I feel like an ignorance peddler. I am an ignorance peddler. It�s a living I guess. 
