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May. 15th, 2004 04:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
danaerisBeing a good little girl, I washed again with a lice shampoo this morning (this time, Nix). This one seemed to be the gentlest on my hair of the three I've tried (walgreens and rid are the other two).
Before I did so, I also finally checked![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dragon_spirit for nits. Didn't see anything suspicious.
Then, I took all my hair stuff and immersed it in boiling water and let it sit. Next, I put all suspect clothing in the laundry bin, and vacuumed the floor in my room very thoroughly, as well as my mattress and upholstered office chair. Before I could do that I had to clear the floor, which meant some room cleaning, though mostly I took all the paper stuff on the floor and stored it in a drawer for future scrutiny. I also bagged a few items I don't wear often but may have been exposed. Partway through the vacuuming, ondragon_spirit's advice, I stopped and cleaned the brush on the vacuum of the huge amounts of hair that had gotten rapped around it. Apparently she could smell burning rubber from down the hall. Icky.
It's hard work. My arms are tired and I'm all sweaty. Doing housework naked amuses me, even though I bet most if not all of my social crowd have done so before.
Overall, I'm skeptical at how necessary vacuuming, mattress cleaning, upholstery cleaning, etc. is. (and no, please DON'T comment to tell me how important it is; I don't want to hear it). A lot of the resources I've read states that spending time on bagging, cleaning upholstery, vacuuming, etc. which could be spent on head checks and nit removal is foolish and inefficient. I'm inclined to agree.
However, bothdragon_spirit and I have asthma and allergies. And I have an allergist-documented allergy to dust mites.
Even without the concern for lice, the vacuuming of carpets and upholstery I've done today is something that should be done more often in this household. So overall, todays efforts are not wasted, even if the timing sucks.
Anyway. Time to clean up the mess in the kitchen from soaking hair stuff, and then venture forth to the laundromat.
Before I did so, I also finally checked
dragon_spirit for nits. Didn't see anything suspicious.Then, I took all my hair stuff and immersed it in boiling water and let it sit. Next, I put all suspect clothing in the laundry bin, and vacuumed the floor in my room very thoroughly, as well as my mattress and upholstered office chair. Before I could do that I had to clear the floor, which meant some room cleaning, though mostly I took all the paper stuff on the floor and stored it in a drawer for future scrutiny. I also bagged a few items I don't wear often but may have been exposed. Partway through the vacuuming, on
dragon_spirit's advice, I stopped and cleaned the brush on the vacuum of the huge amounts of hair that had gotten rapped around it. Apparently she could smell burning rubber from down the hall. Icky.It's hard work. My arms are tired and I'm all sweaty. Doing housework naked amuses me, even though I bet most if not all of my social crowd have done so before.
Overall, I'm skeptical at how necessary vacuuming, mattress cleaning, upholstery cleaning, etc. is. (and no, please DON'T comment to tell me how important it is; I don't want to hear it). A lot of the resources I've read states that spending time on bagging, cleaning upholstery, vacuuming, etc. which could be spent on head checks and nit removal is foolish and inefficient. I'm inclined to agree.
However, both
dragon_spirit and I have asthma and allergies. And I have an allergist-documented allergy to dust mites.Even without the concern for lice, the vacuuming of carpets and upholstery I've done today is something that should be done more often in this household. So overall, todays efforts are not wasted, even if the timing sucks.
Anyway. Time to clean up the mess in the kitchen from soaking hair stuff, and then venture forth to the laundromat.
