Dynamite's Diary - 4th December 2021

What did I tell you? It's still all about the Christmas play at school. Everyone's rehearsing like mad and chattering non-stop about it. Even Steve seems to focus more on it nowadays - he hasn't had time to practice basketball or hang out with me during recess.

Just when I thought that Lottie and Kinsey were whining about not getting parts in the production, Dad's been getting all huffy too. He still doesn't get why I haven't got a part as one of the actors. I had to remind him yet again today about why that couldn't be the case.

"Look, I told you Dad, none of the parts interested me."

"Well, they should have figured out a role that would have suited you then! Geez, what is up with these scriptwriters anyway? Can't they just make a few changes and then-"

"Too late. The rehearsals are already happening."

"Hmph, sounds like it'll be a terrible play anyway." He "No wait - I don't mean the whole play! I'm sure that the scenery looks good and stuff - I just don't care about the rest of it."

I got the feeling that he'd made up his mind at this point. "So, I guess that means you're not going to watch it then."

Dad actually paused for a bit. "Well, I can just check out the stage. You can show me what you've worked on."

"I - I don't think they would allow that. The school probably wouldn't approve of us coming in just for that, and not watching the play at the same time."

"Whatever! I'll just go in when they're not there! Problem solved!"

"Look, I can take photos of the stage if you want me to. Then I can show them to you on my phone. Does that sound like a good idea?"

"Not the same." Dear lord, he really wasn't giving in. "I want a closer look at it for myself."

I really don't see how this problem is going to be resolved by opening night. Dad's always been pretty stubborn, and it takes so much effort to make him back down.

In other news, he's not in a completely grumpy mood. He's pretty happy about his new eye powers. Apparently Grandma helped him out with them. He won't stop using them though, and it's causing complete chaos. Just ask those poor people at the supermarket the other day.

Well, as long as he doesn't break into the school hall and use his eye powers whilst the play's happening, it'll probably be fine. The best case scenario would be if he has work that day. I can only hope...