Driving on the Left Side of the Road: Emily's Summer Journal, Week 3

July 6, 2012

Dear Diary,

Today we went to Glen Echo and the Dentzel Carousel. I rode it five times. It was really fun because I could imagine that I was riding in the hills. I rode four bunnies and a horse. First Bunny: Flippity. Second Bunny: Paticia. Third Bunny: Dancer. Fourth Bunny: Flame. Horse: Mary-Lou.

We had ice-cream to cool off (it was really hot) and played on the playground. It was so fun. But it was hot and tiring. If it were not for that, I would not want to leave. I had such a fun day.

We are spending most of our first week with K2L2. [Uncle, Aunt and two cousins.] It is fun reading to them. I made pancakes, too, on our second morning here! I woke up early and had plenty of time to because I was jet-lagged. But I"m pretty sure I'm not jet lagged any more, because it's 9:20 in the UK and I'm not tired.

Tomorrow we're going to Camp Yaya to visit my grandparents' house. I am very excited because ther house has many fun activities.

I've been thinking a lot about global warming. I remember VA being hot as in up to the 90's, but rarely above 100° F (38° C). I wonder if it's so hot becuase of global warmin, or just because I'm used to very-rarely-above 85°F-England-weather. When I was little I used to think that it would help just to plug in a fridge and keep it open all day, but that would just waste electricity. Besices, there nowhere to plug in a fridge, or anything, for that matter, in Antarctica. Oh, well.

John told us a joke yesterday. It's this:

Q: Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill?

A: To get to the bottom.

I don't know what to write. They call that writer's block. I'm going to be a writer when I grow up. But first I'm going to be an ice-cream scooper. I wish my family owned an ice-cream shop. Then I could help out on the weekends and in the summer.

A new story

In a miniature world where the flag is purple and houses are very pretty with well-tended gardens and cute little white picket fences and stepping stones leading up to the houses, there lives a young girl names Mary-Jane. Mary-Jane was 10 years old and had a younger sister named Sarah. Mary-Jane had long blond hair down to her bottom when it was in a braid. It was longer when it was loose. Sarah had blond hair, too, but she kept hers short. They looked like this.

Sarah loved to sing. She had a beautiful voice and sang often. Though Mary-Jane occasionally found this annoying, she never said so, for she was a kind girl and never dreamed of hurting anyone's feelings.

Mary-Jane and Sarah lived with their two kind parents in a rather large red-brick house with a garden full of beautiful flowers, and stepping stones leading from the house to the gate of the white picket fence. A purple flag hung out front. They lived a happy life. Their parents took Mary-Jane and Sarah out for ice-cream every Sunday. They had quite a bit of money--until they were robbed.

Find out about the robbery next week!