An Itchy Public Service Announcement

OK. I think I'm over the initial shock and can now blog about the latest thing our family has dealt with: Scabies. That's right, microscopic bugs that burrow under your skin, leaving itchy bumps all over your torso to start. They then spread around your body, until you get the "magic cream" that you massage into your skin, leaving for 14 hours until it works its miraculous powers and kills the little boogers.

So that's what we've done: contracted the bugs from a neighborhood boy and treated two of the three full-time members of this house. Phil has washed all coats and sheets in hot water, as instructed, but he also washed the floors and walls of the entire house in bleach, just to be sure we got rid of them. Only time will tell....what a pisser this has been.

I feel like a skank. A true failure as a parent and a damn skank. There. I got that out. Now I can move on....I hope. The literature says that it's not filth or pets that starts it all -- it is only spread by direct contact.

So to all of you that have come in contact with me: I hope we haven't rubbed our naked bodies together, but if we have...check yourself over the next 4 to 6 weeks, which is the incubation period of this nuisance. Happy itching!