After the hassle from my mom at breakfast time it doesn’t get any better at school I’ve only been in the classroom five minutes before I realize all my classmates have a blue folder and I don’t What are all those blue folders for Lidia Oh Alex Sometimes you really have your head in the clouds Okay all right but are you going to tell me or what 6
Finally Lidia explains that the teacher asked us to hand in all of our written assignments for the whole semester But when did she say that And how come I don't know anything about it This kind of thing happens to me all the time And Lidia who always knows what's going on seems pretty smug to see me taken by surprise Didn't you make a note in your agenda Um I lost mine at the start of the year Mi But Alex it's right there on the class calendar HOW COULD I HAVE KNOWN WE HAVE A CLASS CALENDAR
I have to say the worst thing about Lidia is not that she’s an annoying know-it-all who loves to see other people mess up and especially me The very worst thing of all is that we’re neighbors And not only do we live in the same apartment building we even live on the same floor It’s terrible because every time Lidia sees my mom she tells her EVERYTHING Everything I should have done and didn’t and everything I shouldn’t have done but did Yesterday Alex left his gym gear at home Oh really Lidia don’t you have things to do
What a day First my mom screeching her song about tidying my room now Lidia and the written assignments But that’s not the end of it Two minutes later Emma the school librarian walks into our classroom Before she even opens her mouth I know it’s me she wants to talk to The day before I played hide and seek during recess And I hid in the library When my friends came in looking for me I ran out before they could see me And without meaning to I knocked some books off the shelves I figured I would go back and put them away later but I forgot
