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OCTOBER Friday If Dad was on my case BEFORE, he's a hundred times worse NOW. After the town park incident last weekend, it's pretty obvious he thinks I can't be trusted. And whenever he's home, he likes to have me and Grandpa in the same room so he can keep an eye on BOTH of us. I wish I never knew about the webcam, though, because it's got me really paranoid. There could actually be MULTIPLE cameras in the house. I'm pretty sure there's one in Manny's stuffed duck, because its eyes seem to follow me.

如果爸爸以前负责我的案子，那他现在要糟糕一百倍。 在上周末的镇公园事件之后，很明显他觉得我不可信任。 每当他回家的时候，他喜欢让我和爷爷在一个房间里，这样他就可以监视我们两个了。 我希望我从来都不知道摄像头的事，因为它让我变得很偏执。 房子里可能有多个摄像头。 我很确定曼尼的毛绒鸭里有一只，因为它的眼睛似乎在跟着我。

If there's NOT a camera in there, then I've been making a pretty big fool out of myself the past few days. Luckily, Mom took Dad to the airport to go on a business trip this morning, and I know he can't monitor me the whole time he's away. Still, I've been extra careful not to screw up, just in case he's got one of those webcams recording to a hard drive somewhere. This morning when I was brushing my teeth, I made sure to put the toothpaste cap back on the tube the way Dad always tells me. But my fingers were slippery, and I dropped the cap in the sink.

如果里面没有摄像头，那我这几天真是出丑了。 幸运的是，今天早上妈妈送爸爸去机场出差了，我知道他不可能在他不在的时候全程监视我。 尽管如此，我还是格外小心，不把事情搞砸，以防他把其中一个网络摄像头录到某个硬盘上。 今天早上刷牙的时候，我按照爸爸经常告诉我的那样，把牙膏盖放回牙膏管。 但是我的手指滑了，我把盖子掉在水槽里了。

It bounced around a few times, then it went right down the drain. OOPS! I knew that the SECOND dad got home from his trip he'd go to the upstairs bathroom to make sure the cap was on the toothpaste. So I had to get it BACK. The first thing I did was try and fish the cap out of the drain with a cotton swab. But all I managed to pull up was a bunch of hair and other gunk.

它弹了几下，然后就进了下水道。 哦!我知道爸爸一旅行回来，就会去楼上的浴室检查牙膏盖是否盖好了。 所以我得把它拿回来。我做的第一件事就是试着用棉签把盖子从排水管里捞出来。 但我只找到了一堆头发和其他垃圾。

And now that I know what's in people's sinks, I guarantee you I'll never be a plumber. I figured I probably pushed the toothpaste cap even FARTHER down the drain with that cotton swab, so I opened the cabinet under the sink to see if I could figure out where it ended up. I knew Dad had a bunch of do-it-yourself books on plumbing in the basement, and I figured there'd be some step-by-step instructions to show exactly how to fix this sort of thing. I couldn't make heads or tails of the diagrams in the book, so I took my best shot at it. There was a plastic tube underneath the sink, and I figured the toothpaste cap must be somewhere inside.

现在我知道人们的水槽里有什么了，我向你保证我永远不会成为水管工。 我想我可能是用棉签把牙膏盖往下水道里推得更远了，所以我打开了水槽下面的橱柜，看看能不能弄清楚牙膏盖到底在哪里。 我知道爸爸有一堆关于地下室管道的自己动手的书，我想应该会有一些循序渐进的说明来准确地展示如何修理这种东西。 我看不懂书里的图表，所以我尽了最大努力。 水槽下面有一个塑料管，我想牙膏盖一定在里面的某个地方。

So I loosened the nut that held the tube to the metal pipe, and the tube came out pretty easily. I guess I was supposed to turn off a valve or something, though, because the next thing I knew, water was spraying out all over the place. It took me a minute to figure out how to shut off the valve, and by the time I did, there was a huge puddle on the floor.

所以我松开了把管子固定在金属管上的螺母，管子很容易就出来了。 我猜我应该关掉阀门什么的，因为接下来我所知道的，水喷得到处都是。 我花了一分钟才弄清楚如何关闭阀门，等我关上阀门的时候，地板上已经有一个大水坑了。

I soaked up as much water as I could with the towels that were in the bathroom. Then I ran down the stairs to get some more out of the laundry room. But when I got down to the kitchen, I realized I had a BIGGER problem. I told Grandpa where the water was coming from, but he didn't seem too concerned. He said the only REAL damage would be a water stain on the kitchen ceiling. I'm glad Grandpa thought it was no big deal, but I'm sure Dad would see the situation DIFFERENTLY.

我用浴室里的毛巾尽可能多地吸水。 然后我跑下楼梯，从洗衣房拿了一些。 但当我下到厨房时，我意识到我有一个更大的问题。 我告诉爷爷水是从哪里来的，但他似乎不太关心。 他说唯一真正的损坏是厨房天花板上的水渍。 我很高兴爷爷认为这没什么大不了的，但我相信爸爸会有不同的看法。