With a quick glance at the busy driver, he pushed the glasses up on his nose and looked in front of them."Holy shit!!" he screamed as large stalactite...like rocks suddenly shot up from the no longer calm surface of the ocean. The sky seemed to shudder as flashes of lightning insanely traveled from the water up to the sky. The ocean was a swirling gray mass of waves that broke over the edges of the rocks, flowed around them, or were dashed to pieces by them. He screamed again as another rock shot. I was pretty upset. But then Miss Findlay held me back rightbefore recess and she told me that I should not let them bother me. Andthen she said that I looked really pretty! OMG! I KNOW boys are notsupposed to look pretty, but she told me that, yes, it was ok for boys tolook pretty! And I was really confused, because the truth is, it made mefeel warm inside, and like really special, to hear her tell me I waspretty.March 1, 2012Dear Diary,Well, today was a really big day. The stuff that. "It's borderline disgusting." I'll call our weekend cleaning crew," Shirl said."Why bother, I can handle a mop and a sponge." I'd pay to see that," Shirl said."Lend me a spare body," Scott said, "and I'll tackle it this afternoon." Deal." This a bad time?" Karl the beer man asked."What's it going to cost me?" Scott asked."This would come out of our budget," Karl said."I like it already." Careful, boss," Shirl said. "Karl's the regional sales king for the distributorship." That's because of my. " He headed for the door. "I'll be back, sometime." The door slammed behind him and I heard the car leave.I simply sat there. I watched the shadows lengthen and nightfall arrive. I switched on the lamp beside the couch, afraid that the darkness would claim me.It was the next afternoon before I heard the door open. I was still sitting on the couch. I was afraid to go most anywhere else in the house. Definitely not our bedroom. I had used the shower by the utility room to clean up, scrubbing.