Whyyyyy

I don't normally avoid stating the obvious, but I today I am having a hard time.  My SIL is hinting at asking me to babysit tonight.  It's going a little like this:

Text Conversation

SIL: Whatcha doing
Me:  Running Errands
after nothing for about 5 minutes
Me: What are you doing? (why didn't I just leave it alone?)....hmmmm?  Whhhhyyyyy?????
SIL:  Not much was thing about going out for a little while tonight

35 minutes later and I still haven't responded....Lord help me!  I don't want to hurt her feelings, because I really want to say:  Are your kids lice free?  That is all that I want to know....not sure if she'll tell the truth, so I'm thinking silence just may be the answer. 

I did think about responding with:  I wish I could go out, but I'm just not feeling up to it....my back is still out of whack...so I may just head to bed early.

The hubster says that I should say:  My back hurts and I'm not babysitting until she gets rid of the lice.
That just sound so mean....I really don't want to go through it again with Jaylin....it cost us almost $300 to get rid of it the first time.  I'm just now comfortable with not washing her bedding every night and we haven't seen a sign of lice in a month. 

I'm usually so much better about this....today I  just feel like staying silent.  I guess I could offer to run over and check on the kids, but I'm sure I'd still have to address lice. 

The smart side just says call her up and say I'm not trying to hurt your feelings, but I don't want to put Jaylin through that again and offer up a few numbers for babysitters....yes, I guess that is what I'll do.

Just the thought of lice makes me itch and shudder!