Again with the hair!

More lice abounding in the schools - and even with Madison's cousin, Hannah.  These little critters have been everywhere this year, and it is enormously taxing.  This is a parent's frustration:  the expensive shampoo application, and the magnifying glasses and the chopsticks.  Tonight, we went through all of that as normal, hopefuly the last time this school year.  How many of these letters we keep getting:  "Unfortunately, there has been one case of lice involving a student in your classroom."  We just about have the letter memorized, we've received it so much.

While Madison was in the tub, and while she ws getting her hair looked at, we had the Kindle upstairs - watching more episodes of "Clone Wars."  She's absolutely into it, as was Daddy tonight.  The first seasons were really good stuff.

We had ballet today, whereas last week we did not due to the tornado warnings in the area.  This week, Madison continued her practice towards the recital, and I just know she is going to do well.  We're excited to get to go see the performance!

This morning, Mommy had a standard doctor's appointment - just a check-up.  We went to the imaging center, a really nice place with fountains and sculptures.  Some of the medical facilities around here are nice, relaxing environments, which is of course important.  Daddy was waiting in the lobby for a while, but he's been reading a new book for research.  It's actually an old book, but "Moonshot" is just a fascinating account of the space race of the 60's.

Afterwards, Mommy and Daddy went on a lunch date to where else but Texas Roadhouse.  This seems to be the only place we feel comfortable going to with Mommy's strict diet.  But it's okay, because the food there is really good.  The weather outside is just gorgeous, almost like fall with the cool winds and sunny skies.  It's been a beautiful week on the days it hasn't been raining.

Madison's spelling list is a fun one this week:  states.  She has twelve southern states to learn, including the famous Mississippi.  That state is the one that just about everyone learns how to spell.  She's actually learning where the states are too, drawing them out on a map from memory.  Of course, this is something Daddy knows better than most:  he can name all fifty from memory, and even draw out a map from memory if possible.  It'll be a fun week learning some of the states.

And speaking of learning - here is the latest devotional entry dedicated to another element:

“But you are lukewarm. You aren’t hot or cold. So I am going to spit you out of my mouth.“ Revelation 3:16 NIrV

MERCURY

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     Mercury is a pretty interesting element.  It got the name quicksilver because in normal conditions outside, mercury is a silver liquid metal.  You don’t find it much outside though, and that’s a good thing – it can be poisonous.  But you can find it in one common place:  a thermometer.

     Mercury expands easily with slight rises in the temperature.  It also shrinks in size when the temperature is cooler.  That’s a simple way of putting it, but that’s how your thermometer works:  the higher temperature, the more space Mercury takes up, and the bigger numbers you’ll see on the thermometer.

     God likes it that way:  hotter.  Now, to be clear, He doesn’t want you running a fever.  But God does want you to warm up to Him.  Or, as some would say, we need to be on fire, with a burning passion to be with Him.

     In the book of Revelation, there is a passage about a group of Christians that weren’t acting too hot.  In fact, God compared them to lukewarm water.  They weren’t cold.  But they weren’t warm either.  This wasn’t a good thing.  In fact, God said He was going to do what most people would do with lukewarm water:  spit it out!

      Don’t let that happen.  As Christians, we need to stay hot for God.  It’s simple to do, and in fact you’re doing it even now by reading this devotional!  God is worthy of our praise – there’s no question He has a burning passion for us.  Just keep praying.  Keep reading.  Keep going to church, and keep worshiping.  Keep the fire burning, and keep that mercury rising!