I do admit Augustโs face takes some getting used to. Iโve been sitting with him for two weeks now, and letโs just say heโs not the neatest eater in the world. But other than that, heโs pretty nice. I should also say that I donโt really feel sorry for him anymore. That might have been what made me sit down with him the first time, but itโs not why I keep sitting down with him. I keep sitting down with him because he is fun.
One of the things Iโm not loving about this year is how a lot of the kids are acting like theyโre too grown-up to play things anymore. All they want to do is โhang outโ and โtalkโ at recess. And all they talk about now is who likes who and who is cute and isnโt cute. August doesnโt bother about that stuff. He likes to play Four Square at recess, which I love to play, too.
It was actually because I was playing Four Square with August that I found out about the Plague. Apparently this is a โgameโ thatโs been going on since the beginning of the year. Anyone who accidentally touches August has only thirty seconds to wash their hands or find hand sanitizer before they catch the Plague. Iโm not sure what happens to you if you actually catch the Plague because nobodyโs touched August yetโnot directly.
How I found out about this is that Maya Markowitz told me that the reason she wonโt play Four Square with us at recess is that she doesnโt want to catch the Plague. I was like, โWhatโs the Plague?โ And she told me. I told Maya I thought that was really dumb and she agreed, but she still wouldnโt touch a ball that August just touched, not if she could help it.
