And you are lucky cause the mailman comes back down the hill to deliver mail on the other side of the street and after laughing hysterically at your plight until his eyes water he gives you a lecture on federal offenses and the mail etc Then he helps you get your arm and only your arm out And then he starts laughing again And then it rains Note to fashion self Wear smaller jewelry on hands Save the statement piece accessories for days when you won't be cramming your hands down the throat of an angry mailbox I just realized that I'm jumping ahead writing
this down cause I haven't written anything in here for a long time RAKSHA KUMAR S SUMMER TO DO LIST 1 Journal Catch up
Catch Up Last Week of School I haven't been very good at writing much in my field journal sketchbook because the end of the school year was so crazy Why do teachers pile up all the big deadlines and due dates for the end of the year when all kids can think about is summer Do they get some kind of bonus for every kid they fail I'm not worried about failing but I still feel the pain of piles of stuff at the end of the year Work is work regardless of how smart you are Every teacher piles it on even in PE We had to run a whole mile outside in eighty four degree heat because San Francisco got a freak heat wave the same day Mr Mitzel decided to give us
our PE final At least all we had to do was complete the mile and not be the last to cross the finish line The only things that kept me and Hannah Moondew moving were talking about Science Squad and making sure we stayed ahead of Abby Grayner so we wouldn't be last over the line Her asthma was acting up so it was easy My fashion brain examined the way she had tied her PE shirt off to the side not a bad way to deal with an overly large top and my science brain worried if she would be okay It was so hot and that can't be easy with asthma Then my feet told both of my brains to shut the heck up and keep moving I'm guessing Mari freaked when she realized
