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Wednesday. As if our house wasn't crowded ENOUGH, now GRANDPA is living with us. They raised the rent at Leisure Towers, and he couldn't afford to live there anymore. So Mom invited Grandpa to move in with OUR family. Dad wasn't so hot on the idea, even though Grandpa is his own father. But Mom says it will be just like the old days, when three generations lived under the same roof. I think Mom has this rosy image of the way things used to be, but I have a TOTALLY different picture of what it must've been like back then.

星期三。好像我们的房子还不够挤似的，现在爷爷和我们住在一起。 他们提高了休闲大厦的租金，他再也住不起那里了。 所以妈妈邀请爷爷搬来和我们一起住。 虽然爷爷是他的亲生父亲，但爸爸对这个主意不太感冒。 但妈妈说，这就像过去一样，三代人住在同一个屋檐下。 我想妈妈对过去的生活抱有乐观的看法，但我对那时的生活却有完全不同的看法。

I was actually OK with Grandpa moving in with us until I realized what it meant for ME. Mom let Grandpa pick any bedroom he wanted, and of course he chose MINE. That meant I needed to find a new place to sleep. My first thought was to go to the guest room, but I forgot that's where the pig stays. And there's no WAY I'm sharing the pullout couch with a barn animal.

在我意识到这对我意味着什么之前，我对爷爷搬来和我们一起住其实是没问题的。 妈妈让爷爷挑他想要的卧室，他当然选了我的。 这意味着我需要找一个新的地方睡觉。 我的第一个想法是去客房，但我忘了那是猪住的地方。 我绝对不会和谷仓里的动物共用一张沙发。

I ruled out RODRICK'S room right away, because he might actually be a step down from the PIG. My only other choice was to room with MANNY, so I got out the air bed and set it up on his floor. But sleeping in Manny's room has its OWN problems. Mom reads Manny a bedtime story every night, and sometimes they're really LONG. In fact, lately I think Manny's been picking out the thickest books he can find just to get on my nerves.

我马上就排除了罗德里克的房间，因为他可能真的比猪头低一级。 我唯一的选择就是和MANNY住在一起，所以我拿出了空气床，把它放在他的地板上。 但睡在曼尼的房间也有自己的问题。 妈妈每天晚上都会给曼尼讲睡前故事，有时候故事真的很长。 事实上，我觉得曼尼最近一直挑他能找到的最厚的书来烦我。

Things have been a little tense ever since Grandpa moved in. You can tell he doesn't really approve of the way Mom and Dad are raising us kids, even though he never actually comes out and SAYS it. Mom's been trying to potty train Manny FOREVER, and she's experimenting with something called "No Pants After Dinner." And it's EXACTLY what it sounds like. What's SUPPOSED to happen is that when Manny feels the urge to GO, he'll run to the bathroom.

自从爷爷搬进来以后，情况就有点紧张。 你可以看得出来，他并不真正赞同爸爸妈妈养育我们孩子的方式，尽管他从来没有真正站出来说出来。 妈妈一直想教曼尼如厕，她在试验一种叫“饭后不穿裤子”的方法 听起来就是这样。 本来应该发生的是，当曼尼想去的时候，他就会跑去洗手间。

But Manny just prances around all night with nothing on below the waist. And eventually he ducks behind the recliner in the family room. I don't think Dad's a huge fan of No Pants After Dinner, but I can tell he's even MORE uncomfortable with Grandpa being here to witness it. It's pretty obvious having Grandpa around is really stressing Dad out. And every time one of us kids screws up, it just makes Dad even MORE tense.

但曼尼整晚都是光着腰蹦蹦跳跳的。 最后，他躲到客厅的躺椅后面。 我不认为爸爸是“饭后无裤”的忠实粉丝，但我可以告诉他，爷爷在这里见证这一切，他甚至更不舒服。 很明显，爷爷在身边让爸爸压力很大。 每次我们这些孩子搞砸了，爸爸就会更紧张。

What seems to annoy Dad the MOST is when one of us kids asks Mom to do something that we should be able to do OURSELVES. Yesterday I asked Mom to open a microwave burrito for me, because I always have trouble with those plastic packages. But Dad jumped all over my case. He said if I was stranded on a desert island with a thousand microwave burritos, I'd STARVE to death because I couldn't figure out how to open them on my own.

最让爸爸生气的是，当我们中的一个孩子要求妈妈做一些我们自己应该能做的事情时。 昨天我让妈妈给我打开一个微波炉卷饼，因为我总是对那些塑料包装有麻烦。 但是爸爸对我的案子大惊小怪。 他说，如果我被困在一个荒岛上，身边有一千个微波卷饼，我会饿死的，因为我不知道怎么自己打开它们。