LASAGNA, APPLE PIE, AND ICE CREAM

Speaking of embarrassing, here’s a whole other nutso thing I have to tell you about.

You might have noticed Mom and Mr. Fanucci have been showing up in a lot of the same chapters all through this book. Believe me, I noticed.

So it wasn’t a lot longer after all this stuff happened that Mr. Fanucci came over for dinner the first time. He even said I could call him Ed when he was at the house, but not in school.Which was all just so weird.

Maybe Mom likes him because my grades have started looking up. I think those Learning Skills classes are actually paying off, and that’s all thanks to Mr. Fanucci… I mean, Ed… I mean, Mr. Fun. (Do you see what I mean? Weird.)

I don’t really know where it all goes from here. But I guess that isn’t so different from the rest of my life. I never know what’s going to happen next. I’m not sure where the whole “me and Marley” thing is going either. Or the whole “Flip thinks Georgia is cute” thing. The only ones who totally make sense, if you ask me, are Junior and Justine Bieber.

Oh, and Grandma Dotty too. Sometimes she makes the most sense of all.

She also makes the best lasagna ever. It goes great with apple pie from Swifty’s Diner and a giant scoop of vanilla ice cream. And in my book, there’s not a whole lot better than that.

Happy football season, everyone! Catch you next time!