is definitely not going to make me feel better about Grandma being missing I said It’ll be a good distraction from worrying about her Dad said Ugh I said I’ve done so much cleaning in the last couple of days The other night I had to clean my room after I made slime Then after school yesterday Claire and I had to clean the third-grade classrooms with Mr Leon and last night I dusted Oops Didn’t mean to tell him that You dusted Dad asked I saw a little dust and I wiped
it up that’s all I said I’m sure there’s tons of dust in the basement Dad said Let’s go I didn’t have much choice so I followed him downstairs Mom came too So did Cosmo but only because I carried him There were lots of boxes of old stuff to go through Mom said we should separate things into two piles Pile number 1 Things to keep Pile number 2 Things to get rid of I picked a box near the door
Dad sat next to me with a box of his own and we each started sorting things Mom’s old law school papers went into pile number 2 My old art supplies went into pile number 1 Pretty soon the box was empty I was about to set it aside and start on my second box when I had a thought If I decorated this empty box I could make it into something for Cosmo Just like dogs get to have doghouses Cosmo could have a place of his own Good thing I had my old art supplies down there because
