"I have some very bad news..."

Those are the words I heard from Christine this Sunday morning.

I am thinking perhaps she is going to say, "It is supposed to rain again today!" or  somelike along those sorts...  but I was wrong.

poux.

Pronounced in French as "poo."

Pronounced in English as, lice.

I have noticed Marie scratching her head often, but I did not think anything of it.  She has lice.  Lice so bad that we can see them crawling around.  That probably means that I have lice.  That everyone in the family has lice. 

I have to stay calm.  

Today is Sunday, and all pharmacies and stores are closed.  Tomorrow is another national French holiday, and all the pharmacies and stores will be closed again.  Luckily, Christine found ONE little bottle of the lice shampoo.  We are hoping it is enough for the whole family.  Of course with lice comes with washing everything in the house.    In France, laundry machines are so small and takes twice as long to wash.  I  spent 5 hours washing three towels the other day.    It might take us a long time to de-lice this house.

 Oh well, lice never killed anyone!    Needless to say, we won't be going to mass today.