Oh yeah, I remember your Pike horror story! And Claudia, if you can manage to get the Pikes through lunch, you will have no problem serving customers in a restaurant.  But I guess dealing with rude customers is something that is inevitable.  I once had dinner with someone who made the server take back his glass…

That's a pretty big pizza mistake! You are right about being nice about mistakes though, even skwid mistakes.  I don't know why people get so angry about things like that.  And you know what I've noticed?  People who get the angriest about other people's mistakes are usually the people who are the least reliable…

That is so exciting you are staying for another year! EB must be so relieved! I hope you will go out to celebrate!  Are you a little sad about the decision though?  It must have been very difficult to make.  Did you consider leaving?

I love open soda fountains where you can mix!  What is White Soda?  Does it have a flavour?  Yeah, I love making fruit cocktails.  Pineapple Fizz!  I wish there were blue or green sodas so there'd be a larger palette to mix from.  That is definitely a problem with colas is they ruin nice soda colour mixes.

Two hours of extra school is still two hours too many.  You need to get yourself a reward for missing out on your deserved holiday.  I suggest choco pies with hot chocolate for dipping.

Yes, it is an exceptional prize!  I'm so good at it now I can hook three fish at once!  If Kinder made a deal with the Tintin people, I would freak out.  It really could happen!  A long time ago they had Smurf prizes, and they do have movie tie-ins occasionally.  Tintin would be a perfect fit for Kinder Eggs.  I would…

That's so nice of you to say, Claudia!

Claudia, if you didn't win any awards, it means your school does not hand out awards for the right things.  You should have needed a shopping cart for all your awards!

Claudia, you are going to get in trouble!  You aren't in class, I hope!  How was EB cuter this morning more than usual?  Oh, you mean his uniform! Did you walk to school together? Are you going to meet up for lunch?

Claudia, I want EVERYTHING in that picture!  Especially the little marble Tintin bust!  I wish I could tell what those tiny little colourful things are.  Handkerchiefs?  Notebooks?

I haven't seen Sideways, but I know the movie you mean. I didn't know it was a comedy! I've decided to make Tuesday an EXTRA special day, so it will be Equinox Flower AND I'll also open my last giant Kinder Egg! I like to arrange special days like this, but I have to earn them so between now and then its sprouts,…

I've been reading all about fukubukuro! Its the greatest tradition I've ever heard of!  And now I know two more words, fukubukuro and utsubukuro!  I plan to call my grocery bags fukubukuro when there's kinder eggs in them and utsubukuro when there isn't!

Claudia, what a crowd! It wasn't that busy last week, was it?  How could you possibly have only stayed for a few days, it must have been so frustrating to not be able to look at everything!  Now I know why you get so excited about Laforet!

Poor Claudia.  I hope after a good sleep you are feeling better.  Feeling like you have to barf is the worst feeling.  The only worse feeling is actually barfing.  I get nauseous sometimes from vertigo and I have to go into total concentration mode and be perfectly still until the barf sensation passes.  Maybe that…

Yes, start thinking of Spring and forget about school! Will you and EB have the same home room? Are your lockers near each other, or do you not have lockers?  Will your classes end at the same time so you can walk home together?

Claudia, I would still be hungry for ice cream at the North Pole! We're in the middle of a very cold week outside, and cold outside means we have a raging fire in the stove.  Perfect ice cream weather in here!  Specifically I am hungry for Skinny Cow Cookies and Cream flavour ice cream sandwiches.

Is EB going grey from all of your sudden shocks? Sadako Claudia leaping up out of nowhere shrieking train announcements!  Ha ha!  Poor EB, his nerves must be shot!  Making school romantic is a good idea.  Are there any places where the two of you will be able to sneak off between classes?

Your video is excellent!  What a beautiful network of rails!  Can I be homesick for somewhere I've never been? Are the trains colour coded or are they just different colours for no reason?

I haven't heard any music yet, but maybe its been there and I haven't noticed it.  So far I've only taken trains in the country so the stations are just little platforms and they only stop for a minute. Can you hear the music from the train?  That is such a cool idea!  Is there a reason for it other than its cool?  So…

I've never done an etching or an engraving, have you?  I love how they look, the lines are so sharp.  It would be a lot of pressure knowing there is no way to erase a line. Or is there?  Do you like woodcuts?  I think you've mentioned them before.