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Teddy's sweater has NEVER been cleaned, and there are food stains all over it. Sometimes the kids at my table try to guess what each stain IS, which is what they were doing today.

See, this is the reason girls at my school have pictures of pop singers in their lockers. The guys in my grade just aren't giving them any good OPTIONS.

I can't even IMAGINE. how many_germs are on Teddy's sweater, which is why I sit at least two Seats away from him.

Most of my brain power at school goes on Keeping tabs on whose germs are WHERE. And I've already filled up two notebooks this winter.

The times it gets tricky is when you have TWINS like Jeremy and Jameson Garza. I cant tell them apart, and today it looked to me like one was sick but the other ome WASN'T.

So I shot a spitball into the sick one’s hair to make it easier to keep track of him.

The only GOOD thing about being ill is the cherry lozenges Mom gives me when I have a sore throat. I knew you're supposed to suck on them real slow, but I chew those things like CANDY and I go through few packs a day.

The girls in my grade LOVE the smell of cherry lozenges, which almost makes being ill WORTH it.

Unfortunately, the GUYS in my grade like the smell too. And they're always to get me to GIVE them some.

A few weeks ago I thought I felft a sore throat coming on, and I brought three packs of cherry lozenges to school with me. I kept one pack in my pocket and the OTHER two in my locker.

But Jake McGough sniffed out the packs I was keeping in my locker, and by the time I found out Speed Bump had already picked the lock.

I wish I didn't have to go to school at ALL during cold and flu season. Maybe one day I'll buy one of those big plastic bubbles so I'm not exposed to other kids' germs.

But I'm sure my bubble swouldin’t last a DAY before some jerk popped it.

Even though I hate being, I'm kind of glad they haven't come up with a cure for the cold yet.

Because if they DID I wouldn't be able to fake being ill and stay home from school to play Video games.