Thank GOD I don't have lice.

Okay, so last night I was in the kitchen with the girls talking with Adowa, the seamstress when I felt something on my head. It was on the nape of my neck and felt kind of itchy - like a mosquito bite. I had Denise look at it and she said that there were little red bumps ALL OVER MY HEAD. Between every braid there seemed to be a bump. So of course I FREAKED OUT.

This is coming after having a conversation over the weekend about how, although getting my hair braided was painful, at least I have the comfort of knowing that those women went through my hair strand by strand. So at least I don't have lice. Because I am TERRIFIED of lice.

So last night, when a bumper crop of itchy red spots appeared on my scalp... I was more than slightly upset. After further examination we assessed that it couldn't possibly be lice as there wasn't a bug to be seen on, near, or around my scalp. So what the heckkkk could it be?

So here are the possibilities:
1) I am allergic to all of this fake hair they put on my scalp. Quite possible.
2) They pulled my hair so hard when they were braiding it that my head is rebelling.
3) You can't realllyyy wash your hair when you have braids, you kind of just have to clean it with alcohol. So maybe this 90 degree weather has made my whole head break out?

I'm not really sure. But the solution seems to be to take them out so we're having a Hair Un-Braiding party on Friday in front of our finally-working television. (Yayyyyy BBC! Real news!)

Otherwise, not much to update you all on. We have our final Tufts trip this weekend to Eastern Region. We get to go to a bead making place and I get to add to my ever growing pile of souvenirs and Christmas presents. We also get to go on some sort of boat cruise? And of course, I'm assuming (although it's probably better not to assume...) that our hotel will have HOT WATER. Which means possibly a hot bath or shower. INCREDIBLE.