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Day 45

Today, I was supposed to make people notice me. I did.

The book gave various suggestions, such as “Glue a spatula under your arm,” or “Wear a crown.”  I had neither glue, nor a crown, though, so I decided to improvise. It actually came around by accident. We were at the pool (because we’re still in Florida), and two of the three friends I have with me and I decided to leave. We yelled across the pool to Tremayne, the third friend and took his shoes for him, so he wouldn’t have to go all the way back to where we were sitting. What kind intentions we had. I was elected to carry the shoes, and I toyed out loud with the idea of throwing them in the hot tub. I decided that that would be mean though, and as we began to walk under the overhang-roof, I tossed them up there. What was I thinking? I have absolutely no idea. I’m pretty sure that I actually wasn’t thinking anything. Whatever the reasons my subconscious decided to direct my arm to fling Tremayne’s shoes onto the roof, the fact remained that his shoes were up there, and I had no way of getting them down. He walked up to me, accompanied by my mother, and I explained the situation to them. We attempted several methods of retrieval, including climbing on each other’s shoulders, climbing onto a fake rock, and steeling the pool net. Unfortunately, none of these proved successful. My mother tried several times to ask the maintenance staff for help, but was stopped by yours truly. There was no way I was going to let anyone but me get these shoes down. Just as I was running out of ideas, I saw something. A family open a door, and step out onto a balcony which was placed very conveniently above the roof.

“I have an idea!” I said, as I ran inside the building. I walked briskly up the stairs until I got to the balcony. The family had disappeared, so I opened the door, and stepped out. I could see Tremayne’s shoes maybe 20 yards away from me. Unfortunately, there was a woman talking on her phone, gazing out of her window, directly at me. I nodded at her, tied on my invisible super-hero cape, and walked across the roof. Seconds later, I triumphantly picked up Tremayne’s shoes, and tossed them down to him. After my mother signaled the all-clear, I jumped down, and walked into the building, passing the security guard on the way. She grinned at us.