October
(Friday)
Jamie's
Diary
We had to work
with a partner in chemistry. There must have been an odd number of
kids in the class because I ended up without one. The chemistry
teacher said I could work with him. We had to wear tinted safety
glasses. We weighed a small strip of magnesium, and made a note of
the weight. Then we heated the magnesium in a crucible on a tripod.
The teacher warned us not to look directly at the magnesium because
it glows so brightly it might hurt our eyes. Some kids pretended
they had been blinded. After the magnesium had finished burning we
had to weigh it again. I might ask for a chemistry set for
Christmas.
In the swimming
lesson, Adam Devlin flicked me with his wet trunks. Then he stole
my towel, and threw it into the shower. When I went to get it, he
turned the shower on, so I got wet through. I told the teacher, and
he told Adam not to mess about.
*****
Angela's
Diary
When I
collected Jamie from school, his shirt and trousers were wet. He
said one of the boys had turned the water on while he was fetching
his towel out of the shower. I’m not sure what his towel was doing
in the shower. I couldn’t make much sense of what he was telling
me. He did say the teacher had told the other boy off.
Andrew
telephoned to say he had to work late. I asked Jamie if he fancied
something different for dinner tonight. Jamie looked at me as
though I was demented. He said Friday night was Marco’s pizza
night. I suggested we might swap nights and have it tomorrow
instead. From his expression you would have thought I had suggested
eating maggots. I had to battle the rush hour traffic to get to
Marco’s. When I eventually made it back home, by way of a thank
you, Jamie complained his pizza wasn’t as hot as it usually is.
*****
Lesley's
Journal
It's official -
I've been dumped. I tried to speak to Tony today, and he just
blanked me. I thought it was too good to be true. One day is all it
lasted - that must be some kind of record. Courtney reckons she has
seen him hanging around with Caroline Best who is in the same year
as him. She's welcome to him.
Mum asked why I
was looking 'glum'. Who the hell says 'glum' these days? As if she
cares. She didn't even wait for me to say why I was 'glum'. I'm
going to ask Orange if I can go over to her house tomorrow. I can't
stand the thought of being stuck in this madhouse especially if
grandma grump is coming over for Sunday lunch.
8th October
(Saturday)
Jamie's
Diary
I don’t have as
much homework as usual this weekend. I managed to get most of it
done last night, so I started to write my Christmas list today. I
hate it when people buy me things I don’t want. Mum said it was a
little early for a Christmas list. I mainly want tram stuff. There
are lots of models I would like. Lots of books and DVDs too. I told
mum she has to give Nana Edith a copy of the list because Nana
always buys me rubbish presents. Last year she bought me a chess
set for Christmas. I asked her why she had bought it. Mum said it
was rude to ask. I don’t see why. I wanted to know why she thought
I would want a chess set. I’ve only ever played chess once, and
that was on the computer. I thought it was boring. I kept
forgetting how the different pieces could move. There is a chess
club at school. All of the kids who go to it are nerds.
I asked mum and
dad to bring me an Argos catalogue back from town. I spent this
afternoon going through it to see if there was anything else I
could put on my Christmas list. There are a few chemistry sets in
the catalogue, so I have circled one of them. It has 100 different
experiments. It comes with safety goggles, spirit burner, test
tubes and lots of other things. I’m not sure what mum will say
about it though. She doesn’t even like me painting my models in the
house. Mum said I could have a mobile phone for Christmas if I
wanted one. I don’t. I hate using the telephone, and there isn’t
anyone I want to call. I’d
(Friday)
Jamie's
Diary
We had to work
with a partner in chemistry. There must have been an odd number of
kids in the class because I ended up without one. The chemistry
teacher said I could work with him. We had to wear tinted safety
glasses. We weighed a small strip of magnesium, and made a note of
the weight. Then we heated the magnesium in a crucible on a tripod.
The teacher warned us not to look directly at the magnesium because
it glows so brightly it might hurt our eyes. Some kids pretended
they had been blinded. After the magnesium had finished burning we
had to weigh it again. I might ask for a chemistry set for
Christmas.
In the swimming
lesson, Adam Devlin flicked me with his wet trunks. Then he stole
my towel, and threw it into the shower. When I went to get it, he
turned the shower on, so I got wet through. I told the teacher, and
he told Adam not to mess about.
*****
Angela's
Diary
When I
collected Jamie from school, his shirt and trousers were wet. He
said one of the boys had turned the water on while he was fetching
his towel out of the shower. I’m not sure what his towel was doing
in the shower. I couldn’t make much sense of what he was telling
me. He did say the teacher had told the other boy off.
Andrew
telephoned to say he had to work late. I asked Jamie if he fancied
something different for dinner tonight. Jamie looked at me as
though I was demented. He said Friday night was Marco’s pizza
night. I suggested we might swap nights and have it tomorrow
instead. From his expression you would have thought I had suggested
eating maggots. I had to battle the rush hour traffic to get to
Marco’s. When I eventually made it back home, by way of a thank
you, Jamie complained his pizza wasn’t as hot as it usually is.
*****
Lesley's
Journal
It's official -
I've been dumped. I tried to speak to Tony today, and he just
blanked me. I thought it was too good to be true. One day is all it
lasted - that must be some kind of record. Courtney reckons she has
seen him hanging around with Caroline Best who is in the same year
as him. She's welcome to him.
Mum asked why I
was looking 'glum'. Who the hell says 'glum' these days? As if she
cares. She didn't even wait for me to say why I was 'glum'. I'm
going to ask Orange if I can go over to her house tomorrow. I can't
stand the thought of being stuck in this madhouse especially if
grandma grump is coming over for Sunday lunch.
8th October
(Saturday)
Jamie's
Diary
I don’t have as
much homework as usual this weekend. I managed to get most of it
done last night, so I started to write my Christmas list today. I
hate it when people buy me things I don’t want. Mum said it was a
little early for a Christmas list. I mainly want tram stuff. There
are lots of models I would like. Lots of books and DVDs too. I told
mum she has to give Nana Edith a copy of the list because Nana
always buys me rubbish presents. Last year she bought me a chess
set for Christmas. I asked her why she had bought it. Mum said it
was rude to ask. I don’t see why. I wanted to know why she thought
I would want a chess set. I’ve only ever played chess once, and
that was on the computer. I thought it was boring. I kept
forgetting how the different pieces could move. There is a chess
club at school. All of the kids who go to it are nerds.
I asked mum and
dad to bring me an Argos catalogue back from town. I spent this
afternoon going through it to see if there was anything else I
could put on my Christmas list. There are a few chemistry sets in
the catalogue, so I have circled one of them. It has 100 different
experiments. It comes with safety goggles, spirit burner, test
tubes and lots of other things. I’m not sure what mum will say
about it though. She doesn’t even like me painting my models in the
house. Mum said I could have a mobile phone for Christmas if I
wanted one. I don’t. I hate using the telephone, and there isn’t
anyone I want to call. I’d
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