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The window led to Mom and Dad's bathroom, and the ledge was right above their TOILET. I put one foot down on top of the cistern, and then I tried to put my OTHER foot down on top of the toilet LID. But I didn't notice the seat was UP until it was too LATE. So now my ankle was STUCK, and I couldn't pull my foot out, no matter how hard I tried. I guess I was making a lot of noise trying to get myself free, because that was when I found out where MOM had been all this time.

那扇窗户通去爸爸妈妈的浴室，窗台刚好就在马桶的正上方 我把一只脚踩在水箱顶上，接着试着把另一只脚踩到马桶盖上 可我没发现马桶圈是掀起来的，等发现的时候已经晚了 这下我的脚踝卡住了，不管我怎么用力都拔不出脚来 我猜我挣扎脱困时弄出了好大动静，因为就在这时我找到了妈妈一直待在哪儿

And it really wasn't fun explaining the situation to Dad when HE came into the bathroom. So it wasn't a great day for me. But the good news is, Mom said that from now on we're getting our gutters cleaned by PROFESSIONALS.

后来爸爸进了浴室，我给他解释这一切的时候，可一点都不好受 所以对我来说，这一天糟透了 不过好消息是，妈妈说从今往后，我们找专业人士来清理排水沟

Tuesday It turns out I'm not the ONLY one who got replaced by someone who actually knows what they're doing. It happened to DAD, too. Dad took the washing machine apart but couldn't put it back together. So Mom made him hire a plumber to fix it. It's been really inconvenient living without a washing machine. We've had to wash our clothes by hand in the kitchen sink, which is a big pain. But Rodrick came up with a SHORT CUT last night and put his dirty clothes in the DISHWASHER. Well, the dishwasher did a good job WASHING the clothes, but not DRYING them.

星期二 原来不是只有我，会被懂行的人换掉 这种事也发生在了爸爸身上 爸爸把洗衣机拆开，结果装不回去了 所以妈妈让他雇个水管工来修 没有洗衣机的日子实在太不方便了 我们只能在厨房水槽里手洗衣服，这可太麻烦了 不过罗德里克昨晚想到个偷懒的办法，把脏衣服塞进了洗碗机 嗯，洗碗机洗衣服洗得不错，可没把衣服烘干

And, when Rodrick left the house to go to school this morning, his clothes were still WET. So he used his van to AIR-DRY his clothes on the way to school.

而且今天早上罗德里克出门上学的时候，他的衣服还是湿的 所以他开车去学校的路上，就让衣服敞着风干

Unfortunately for Rodrick, that got the attention of the POLICE, who pulled him over. That's why Mom made Dad call someone to fix the washing machine. But I didn't know the plumber was in the house until I walked past the laundry room. The guy must've known what he was DOING, because he got the washing machine up and running.

罗德里克可太倒霉了，这个举动引来了警察，警察把他拦了下来 这就是为什么妈妈催爸爸找人修洗衣机的原因 可我经过洗衣房之前，根本不知道水管工已经到家里了 这位师傅肯定很懂行，一下子就让洗衣机重新运转起来了

But things ended kind of awkwardly when Manny tried to pay the plumber using Mom's credit card. Wednesday When I came home from school this afternoon, there were a bunch of builders and heavy machinery in our yard.

不过最后场面有点尴尬，曼尼居然拿妈妈的信用卡给水管工钱 星期三 我今天下午放学回家，看见院子里来了好多建筑工人和大型机械