Today it was even colder on the walk HOME than it was on the walk to school. And this time me and Rowley were facing the WIND, which made it ten times WORSE.
It was so bad. that we had to make a few pit stops on the way home. The first place we ducked into was the pizza shop, because there's a big oven in there, so it's always warm inside. But when the guy who owns the place realized we weren't gonna BUY anything, he kicked us out.
Our next stop was the town library. That's public building, and I knew they couldn't tell us to leave. But when the librarians started getting pushy with the books we left on our OWN.
I wish we'd used the bathroom in the library before we headed back outside, though, because when we got halfway home Rowley really needed to go. We knocked on a few doors, but when people saw us they pretended they weren't hame.
We finally got someone to ANSWER, but by that point Rowley's face was so frozen he couldn't even form WORDS.
By the time we got to Surrey Street, I thought Rowley was gonna have a medical emergency. But I knew none of the Lower Surrey Street people were gonna let us inside their houses.
There's a big ROCK in Mr Yee's front yard. and I told Rowley he should duck behind it to do his business. Persanally, I waudn’t pee outside in. THIS kind of cold because Albert Sandy told us a story about what happened to a guy who DID,
Whatever he was doing back there, he was taking FOREVER. Some of the Lower Surrey Street kids came out of their houses to play, and before long Rowley had drawn a crowd. I just backed off because I really didn't want people to know I was WITH him.
Thankfully, Rowley wrapped things up and we got out of there before anyone realized what he was DOING. Because this is just the sort of stupid thing that could end up sparking a WAR.
Tuesday
It was seriously cold again this morning, so I
dug my scart and a pair of old gloves out of the
wardrobe. Mom said I should wear the mittens
Gramma knitted for me last winter, but when
she made those things she forgot to add the
THUMBS.
So, whenever I put them on, it's basically like wearing SOCKS on my hands. And they're totally USELESS in a snowball fight.
Mom said I should wear earmuffs, too, but the thing I'v learned is that, if kids know you can’t hear them COMING, you're just ASKING for it.
The reason I get so cold is because I'm SKINNY and I don't have any insulation. Every winter I try to eat a lot to give myself an extra layer of blubber. But I guess I've got a fast metabolism, because nothing I do ever seems to WORK.
I think it was something like minus ten degrees outside this morning, and on the walk to. school I started wondering if persons BLOOD could freeze.