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[constance_b]

My kiddie gave me headlice just before Easter. A month later, I still have headlice. I have spent literally a weeks income on nasty pesticides - does anything kill the damn things? The only way I got rid of them on Jen was picking the little buggers off one at a time (I've got so much less squeemish since I became a mother) and even that doesn't work for me. I have so much hair and it's just exactly nit coloured. I'm one step away from shaving my head.

This week I have mostly been reading Life on Mars slash fanficton. This is more a symptom of the Philip Glenister crush than a love of the program. I thought by 27 I'd have grown out of crushing on people, but no. Anyway, here's some recs.

Cogs by echo_voice

Schrodinger's Cat by furblewig

The Sheriff and His Deputy by elfinessy

Flash of Light by elfinessy

Foolproof by severa

Stop Look Listen by bistokids

Don't mess with Mister In-Between by hellblazer06

Five kisses and sequel Aftermath by fandomatemylife

We Could Steal Time by dorcas_gustine

Lawman, Beating up the Wrong Guy by tigertrapped

Comments

[gillo]

My children had a terrible summer in 1999, when they seemed to pass the damned things between them for months. The only thing that worked in the end was what we called an electronic bugblatter - I think the official name is a Robi Comb - you use it on dry hair once or twice a day and it nukes the little buggers by electrocuting them. Not dirt cheap, but it works out cheaper than months of lotions and potions and really did seem to work - and can be used from time to time whenever you get wind of an infestation amongst kids at the school.

Lots of sympathy, though - I was dealing with super-long hair in an 11-year-old and an eight-year-old, and they made their protests very audible!