Sep 23 2008
A Very Expensive Camping Trip
You will all remember how Noelle recently went to camp. It was a mandatory trip since it was during school days. The trip cost $70 so I was already concerned that some families would have trouble with the money. It was right after school started. This means that families just spent a lot on school supplies and school clothes. Our school supplies alone cost $250 for our three girls.
Well last Friday a note was sent home from school. It stated that a large number of students in 7th grade got scabies from camp. It wanted to notify parents that this is something that they should look out for. Noelle did not display any signs so I set the note aside and forgot about it.
We had a long weekend of birthday stuff for Neona so I never thought about it again. Monday morning (Neona’s birthday) I woke the girls up for school. Noelle complained that her arm had been itching really bad all night. I pushed up her sleeve to take a look and found a lot of red itchy bumps. I quick looked online and found that scabies takes a few days before you show any signs. 
So on I took Noelle to the doctors office. There are only 2,000 people in this town so there is only one doctors office. They knew all about the outbreak at school and did not bother taking tests. They did say that now the whole family had to be treated. So off we went to buy $80 in creams.
The rest of Neona’s birthday was spent getting everyone showered, creamed up, doing tons of laundry, and deep cleaning everything. I have been doing laundry and cleaning for what seems like forever since then. I keep washing sheets and blankets on top of my normal laundry so I feel like I will never be done. I have been going through tons of sheets because I have been making everyone keep sheets on the furniture too. Yes, I am a little bit nuts but I am grossed out by this.
I do have to point out that I actually do have the tons of sheets and blankets that were needed. I tend to be a pack rat when it comes to them. James has asked me many times why I do not through out stuff when we buy new ones but this is why. You never know when you might need them. Okay, maybe I am more nuts than I thought.
So in the end the camping trip cost the original $70, $80 in creams, the doctor’s visit, and lots and lots of laundry soap and disinfectants.
