so as i enter one of my favorite months of the year... the month of my birthday and my parents aniversary... i mean what better two dates to have in one month... anyways back to the point... my second month here is almost starting and i cannot believe it has really been four weeks... i have gotten a wonderful present from my kiddies..... LICE... i was trying to wait it out and just treat after the trip is over, but the other volunteers and i were getting itchy... and sure enough i got them... the first time in my life... it is not my finest moment.... combing through my hair and finding bugs... and the other difficulty is that i am going to be around for the next six weeks... so this will be an on going frustration in my life in argentina... at the moment it is all i can think about so i apologize for my gross blog... but i thought i would end it with a little poem i made up about my lice....

ode to the lice in my hair

i do not know why i waited so long
to form a this friendship so sweet and strong
the beautiful creatures that can live in my hair
i have given them a home that i handle with care
to let them run freely and lay eggs where they may
until i kill them and laugh as i send them away
oh lice you will not leave me
the kiddies will share you again with glee
but you will only be a fond memory in my trip
because when i go home i will be rid of you

that last line does not rhyme, but i dont care.... I HAVE LICE ;(

• november
• travels