take THAT you nasty bugs!

Well, nearly 24 hours later, we think we have sufficiently tackled the lice/scabies problem. We washed, dried and folded every item of clothing that was either in the dirty clothes bin (um, more like 3, since I am in a tough class this month) or in another laundry hamper (actually clean clothes that we just forgot to put away). We washed both of my coats, and all of our bedding (twice), as well as the dogs' bedding. Jordan bathed both of the dogs. We covered me in permethrin cream and doused my hair with this horrific-smelling malathion "lotion" that was more of the consistency of gasoline (and smell, too!). I must have checked the information slip for each of these drugs 100 times for their safety rating during pregnancy. Jordan vacuumed all the carpet in the entire apartment and I vacuumed the couch, the love seat, the recliner and all the dining room chairs. This morning, after 13 hours of having that nasty smelling stuff in my hair and on my body, I took a shower and went over my head with the fine-toothed comb a few dozen times.

In recap,
20ish loads of laundry........................$56 (in quarters)
malathion "lotion"...............................$15 (thank you insurance, for saving us $14.99 on that one)
permethrin cream..............................$45 (insurance saved us $129!!!!)
lice comb...............................................$7
study time given up............................My grade in this class ;)
bye bye itch and hello clean house = PRICELESS