Max’s First Tick

He got his first tick today. I was outside putting in my little herb garden and Greg was hanging out with Max when he said, “Is this a tick?” I went to look at my little guy’s floppy, velvety ear and THERE IT WAS. The End of Innocence. “Oh YEAH it is,” I told Greg, in a voice of grim determination.
I usually won’t go anywhere near a tick but without waiting a beat I grabbed my tweezers from the car (yes, I pluck at red lights — the light is really good, so sue me) and carefully pulled that VICIOUS, BLOOD-SUCKING S.O.B. OFF OF MY CHILD.
Carrying it before me with utmost, concentrated hatred, I got it into the house and into a shot glass of rubbing alcohol, taking great joy in its demise. Max got a little hydrogen peroxide applied to his ear and all […]