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Isabella doesn't come back until Thursday, so I guess I'll have to wait until then to take another crack at it. This is actually pretty exciting for me, because I've never had anyone I could farm my work out to. Rodrick is ALWAYS tricking me into doing stuff for HIM. He'll start by asking me to do something, and I always say no. GO GET ME SOME ICE CREAM. NO WAY! Then he starts counting down from ten. And I don't

know why, but that gets to me every time. I've found out that kind of thing doesn't work on adults. Last week I tried to get Dad to fetch the TV remote, because I left it on the kitchen table. But he didn't even move a muscle. Anyway, I'm hoping Isabella comes through for me on

Thursday. I've been wearing the same socks for a few days now, and they're starting to feel like cardboard. Thursday Ok, now this is starting to get a little ridiculous. Last night I dragged my laundry back downstairs and left another note for Isabella. Dear Isabella, has bly wallpaper. Please wroom and dry his clothes and put them in his room. Thank you, Mrs. Heffley But instead of clean laundry, I just got another note.

Now I get Isabella's act. She's gonna keep dragging this out forever. On the one hand, I kind of have to respect her skill at avoiding work. But on the other hand, I really do need some clean underwear soon. And what REALLY stinks is that Isabella has been eating our junk food. I went to get some pretzels out of the pantry tonight, and the bag was practically empty. I noticed the potato chips were gone, too. And believe it or not, Isabella left a note in the pantry to complain about our snack selection. Dear Mrs. Heffley, Please note that i prefer barsecue potato chips over plain ones. Isabella Well, the potato chips she ate were barbecue, but she just didn't know it. Manny licks the flavoring off the barbecue chips and puts them back in the bag. Unfortunately, I had to learn that the hard way.

Mom went out and bought a bunch of snacks just for Isabella and put them in the pantry, and the rest of us aren't allowed to touch them. Monday Today at school they announced that they're going to have a special fundraiser for the music program, called a "Lock-In." From what I can tell, it's sort of like a big boy-girl slumber party, so you can definitely count me in.

PSST We're having a Lock-In this Friday night! Your child is invited to a night of supervised fun in the middle school auditorium. The event goes from dusk till dawn and features games and prizes. Chaperones needed! Admission is $5 and all proceeds will go to the Save Our Music Program fund The only thing that bothered me was the "chaperone" part. So I cut that out before I showed it to Mom. Tuesday All right, I've had it with our maid. I gave her one more shot at doing my laundry, and she weaseled out