The bathroom counter is adorned with an array of four hair irons in various types from crimping to curling. At first you would think that this display is the natural result of 24 people staying in the same house. No. All four irons are for a single 14-year-old girl to fix her hair. Fixing one’s hair to perfection is vital on a day in which one expects to play at a gymnasium and go swimming.
My allergies have been bad the last couple of days. It is a cumulative effect as the asthmatic response gets worse and worse. I don’t like being slowly suffocated by an over reaction of my immune system. Thank goodness that Howard arrived with the albuterol. I feel much better now.
Also thank goodness for children’s DVDs to provide a quiet space in the middle of the day. Several of the kids had reached over-stimulated meltdown. Patch is in desperate need of a quiet space, but he does not want one. He does not want to take a break. Hopefully a movie will be sufficient down time to prevent later melt downs.