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Luckily, the fireworks display at the country club down the road started right about then. It was a little hard to see over the trees, but at that point I don't think anyone really cared. Tuesday This morning I was sitting at the kitchen table

幸运的是，就在那个时候，路那头的乡村俱乐部开始了焰火表演。 在树林后面看东西有点困难，但当时我认为没有人真的在乎。 星期二今天早上我正坐在厨房的桌子旁

flipping through the comics, and I came across something that almost made me spit out my cereal. It was a two-page back-to-school ad, right where any kid could see it. I can't believe it's actually legal to run a back-to-school ad two months before school starts. Anyone who would do that kind of thing must really not like kids. I'm sure back-to-school ads are gonna start popping up all over the place now, and the next thing you know, Mom is gonna be telling me it's time to go

翻阅漫画时，我看到了一些东西，几乎让我把麦片都吐出来了。 这是一个两页的返校广告，就在每个孩子都能看到的地方。 真不敢相信开学前两个月做返校广告是合法的。 做这种事的人一定不喜欢孩子。 我敢肯定返校广告现在会到处出现，然后你知道，妈妈会告诉我该走了

clothes shopping. And with Mom, that's an all-day affair. So I asked Mom if Dad could take me clothes shopping instead, and she said yes. I think she saw it as some kind of father-son bonding opportunity. But I told Dad he could just go without me and pick out whatever he wanted. Well, that was a dumb move, because Dad did all of his shopping at the pharmacy.

买衣服。对妈妈来说，这是全天的事。 所以我问妈妈爸爸能不能带我去买衣服，她同意了。 我觉得她觉得这是父子间增进感情的机会。 但我告诉爸爸，他可以一个人去挑他想要的东西。 这招太蠢了，因为爸爸买东西都是在药房买的。

Before I saw that ad, my day was bad enough already. It rained again this morning, so Sweetie tried to get under the covers with me after Dad took him out. I guess I must've been a little off my game, because the dog found a gap between the blanket and the bed and managed to get through. And let me tell you, there's nothing more terrifying than being trapped under your covers wearing nothing but underwear with a wet dog crawling all over you.

在我看到那个广告之前，我的一天已经够糟糕的了。 今天早上又下雨了，所以爸爸带他出去后，小甜心想和我一起钻进被窝里。 我想我一定是有点心不在焉，因为那只狗在毯子和床之间找到了一个缺口，设法钻了过去。 让我告诉你，没有什么比被困在被窝里只穿着内衣还有一只湿狗在你身上爬更可怕的了。

I was stewing about the dog and that back-to-school ad when my whole day turned around. Mom had printed out some pictures from the Fourth, and she left them lying on the kitchen table. In one of the pictures you could see a lifeguard in the background. It was a little hard to tell, but I'm pretty sure the lifeguard was Heather Hills. It was so crowded at the pool yesterday that I didn't even notice the lifeguards. And if that really

当我一整天都在为那只狗和那则返校广告而烦恼的时候。 妈妈打印了一些独立日的照片，放在厨房的桌子上。 在其中一张照片中，你可以看到一个救生员在背景中。 有点难以辨认，但我很确定救生员是希瑟·希尔斯。 昨天游泳池里太挤了，我都没注意到救生员。 如果这真的

WAs Heather Hills, I can't believe I missed her. Heather Hills is the sister of Holly Hills, who is one of the cutest girls in my class. But Heather's in HIGH school, which is a whole different league than middle school. This Heather Hills thing is changing my whole perspective on the town pool. In fact, I'm starting to rethink my whole SUMMER. The dog has ruined all the fun of being at home, and I realized that if I don't do something quick, I won't have anything good to say about my vacation.

是希瑟·希尔斯，我真不敢相信我想她了。 希瑟·希尔斯是霍莉·希尔斯的妹妹，霍莉·希尔斯是我班上最可爱的女孩之一。 但希瑟上的是高中，和初中完全是两码事。 希瑟·希尔斯的事改变了我对镇上泳池的看法。 事实上，我开始重新考虑我的整个暑假。 这只狗毁了所有在家的乐趣，我意识到，如果我不快点做点什么，我的假期就没什么好说的了。