until ske was done, and tken X said, "Yes, na an."
But rigk+ wken Mrs. Craig was about to let us go, Rowley started blubbering about kow ke doesn't want rock and roll to ruin kis "brains.”
Friday
Ylell, how I’ve ^ohe and done i+.
Last ni^Kt, after everyone was ih ted, X Shock downstairs to listeh to Rodricks CD oh tKe stereo ih the family room.
X pot Rodricks new headphones oh ahd cranked op tKe Volome REALLY high. XKeh X Kit "play.”
first, let me Jost say X cah definitely understand wKy tKey pot that “Parental Ylamihg" sticker on tKe UD.
Bot X only got to Kear atoot tKirty seconds of tKe first Sohg before X got ihterropted.
X+ turns out X didn’t Have tHe HeadpHones plugged into tHe stereo. So tHe rnosic was actually comihg
tHroo^H tHe SPEAKERS, not tHe Head^Ho^S.
Pad nwrcHed ne uy +» ry room arid sHut tHe door beHind Hum, and tHen He Said—
VJhenever Pad sa^s "friend" that w
Tohight, Pad gelled at me for about ten minutes, and then X guess he decided he’d rather be in bed than standing in ry room in his underwear. He told me X was grounded from placing Video games for two weeks, which is about what X expected.
X guess X should be glad that’s all he did.
The good thing about Pad is that when he gets mad, he cools off real <^u
Usually,
if
you mess up in fom+
of
Pad, He jus+ -tHrows wHa+eVer He’s 30+ in His Hands a+ you.
GOOD TIME TO SCREW UP.
Mom H«s a TOTALLY di#eren+ s-tyle wHen i+ comes +0 punisHmen+. Xf you mess up and Mom ca+cHes you, +He
first
+Hin^ sHe does is +0 take a
ft
w days +0 figure out wH«+ your punisHment sHould He.
thills +o "try +o ^e+ off easier.
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I JUST DUSTED THE DINING ROOM FOR THE , RECK OF IT? ,
/ WOW ^ THOUGHTFUL V OF YOU? >
Monday
"This video g<»me tan is a whole lo+ toother than I thought it would te. But a+ least I'm not the only one in the family who’s in trouble.
Rodrick s in some hot water with Mom right now, +oo. Manny 30+ ahold of one of Rodrick's heavy me+al magazines, and one of +he pages had a picture of a woman in a bikini lying across +he hood of a car. And +hen Manny brought i+ in+o day care for show-and-+ell.
Anyway, I don't +hink Mom was +00 happy about getting +ha+ phone call.
I saw +he magazine myself, and i+ hones+ly wasn’t anything +0 get worked up over. But Mom doesnt allow that kind of stuff in the house.
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Rod rick’s punishment was that he had +o answer a hunch of questions Hon wrote out for Kin.
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Im sorry women.
Vledhesday
I’m s+ill grounded Iron playih^ Video ^ames, so Mahry has beeh
uSihg
my sys+em. Mom weh+
ouf
ahd fcoo^h+ a whole bohch
of
edoca+iohal video ^ames, ahd wa+chih^ Mahhy play +hem is like torture.
The ^ood hews is that I finally figured out how +o ^et Some
of
my ^ames past Rowley s dad. I just put one
of
my discs in Manny’s PiscoVerin^ +he Alphabet" case, and +h«+’s all it +akes.
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"Thursday
A+ school today, they announced that Student government elections are coming uy. "To be honest with you, X’ve never had any interest in student government. But when I started -thinking about i+, X realized (jetting elected Treasurer could TOTALLY change my situation at school.
A>vJ even better ...
Mobody ever thinks about runhing for Treasurer, because all anyone ever cares about are the bigticket positions like President and Vice President. So I
-figure i-f
I sign up tomorrow, the Treasurer job is pre-tty much mine
for
the taking.
Friday
Today, X went and put my name on the list to run