Today I'm thankful for head lice or maybe more accurately I'm thankful for the perspective they can bring. We found the nasty little things on all 3 girls Sunday late in the afternoon. All of my plans for things I wanted to get done that evening flew out the window so the girls could be treated (including me because guess what?! I had them too!), bedding could be removed and the whole lice extermination could begin. Though lice is never something a person wants to have I tried to keep my chin up and here is what happened….
- I found myself thankful that I do not work. I had a terrible sore throat and didn't feel well Sunday night. I went to bed at 9:00 because I knew that I could continue Lice Kill 2013 in the morning. If I was still teaching I'd have stayed up all night long and would've faked myself happy and awake for a full day of teaching.
- I was thankful that I could cancel almost everything that I was supposed to do Monday morning. I pack my Mondays full while Lucy is at school. Just a couple of emails sent explaining my situation and I had prayers coming my way and friends picking up where I had to drop off.
-I was thankful that I have a washer and a dryer right in my house, and that I didn't have to get to a laundromat to do the…..wait….are you ready? 15 loads of laundry. I'm not kidding.
-I was thankful that our budget could handle all the hot water, suds, and dryer heat I used washing everything in our house, and that we could buy Lice killing shampoo, new combs, brushes, pony tail holders and pillows.
-I was thankful that it was just lice.
- I was thankful that I am organized and can work fast. In fact I love hard work. Our friends from Colorado were in town and coming to dinner and no icky, itchy bug was going to stand between us and them. Our house was clean as could be and homemade soup was on the stove when they walked through the door.
-I was also thankful that I know my limitations and so store bought bread and cookies also graced our dinner table!
-I was thankful for my health and the ability to be able to take care of my family. Yesterday a friend of mine attended the funeral of a friend of hers. Her friend was 36, a year younger than me, and 6 months ago she was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. What a reminder that every single day is a gift.
I guess yesterday wasn't the best ever but it sure wasn't the worst. I really did find myself over and over again realizing the gifts all around me. Sometimes you need a little lice in your life to realize just how good you have it.
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