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January 10, 2017

I WILL NEVER BE WARM AGAIN!!!!

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BRRRRR!!!!
I have never been so cold in. My. LIFE!!!!!

I mean, okay, at least I have warm clothes and a roof over my head. But a lot of good that roof does me. You know why? Our HEATER is broken!!!!

This morning, I was in the middle of a dream about helping scientists in Antarctica. In my bathing suit!!! (The head scientist was a penguin. They were studying polar bears. I was trying to tell the penguin-scientist this seemed dangerous, but my teeth were chattering too hard to talk!)

But then I realized I WASN’T in Antarctica. Talking to a penguin scientist. In my bathing suit.

I was in my bed! At home!! But I was SOOOOOOO cold!!!

I looked down and realized why. I was only covered by one sheet!! And my blankets had vanished!! I assumed they had fallen on the floor, so I reached over to grab them. But, they were nowhere to be found!!!

I hauled myself out of bed and lunged for my bathrobe. The ground was like ice! I could see my breath in the air!

Had someone broken into our house in the middle of the night, turned off the heat, and stolen all our blankets??

I went out into the hall to the thermostat, but I passed Brianna’s room before I got there. And there she was, with all of MY blankets piled on her bed!!!

“Brianna!!! You little blanket thief!!!!” I yelled at the top of my lungs.

Her eyes peeked out at me from beneath her pile of blankets. “I was cold!”

“So, you left me to FREEZE?!?!”

“I would have climbed into bed WITH you except you told me the next time I did that, you’d teach Daisy to use MY bed as a giant pee pad!!!”

This was true. But STILL!!!

“Girls, what’s going on?” My dad shuffled into the room like the abominable snowman, all bundled up in his snow mobile suit, hat, gloves, scarf like he was about to go build an igloo. But, he was looking at me like it was just a regular morning!

“Um, we’re FREEZING! Can you turn the heat back on?”

“Well,” he said. “The heater seems to be broken.”

My bathrobe was NOT cutting it. I marched into Brianna’s room and grabbed one of MY blankets off her bed.

“It’s MINE! She stole it off my bed!” I complained before my dad could say anything. Then I wrapped it around me like a cloak. “Let’s build a fire while the heater gets fixed.”

“Well…” Dad mumbled, “We don’t have any firewood. And, I don’t know if you’ve looked outside but…”

I lunged for Brianna’s bedroom window and pulled back the curtains.

There was SNOW. Serious snow. Like, so much snow the roach mobile looked like a little mountain. All I could see sticking out were the roach’s antennae!!

“I’m afraid I can’t drive anywhere to get wood. And I doubt the fix-it guy will be able to make it to us to fix the heater. At least until some plows come through.”

“OMG! What if we all FREEZE TO DEATH?! Then I’ll never see Brandon again!!” I whined.

“I’m c-c-c-cold! I want my MOOOOMMMMMMMMMYYYYYY!!” Brianna wailed.

“All right, settle down. Your mother’s still asleep.”

“I dreamed I was in Elsa’s ice palace,” Brianna sniffled. “And it was all starting to fall down around me!”

I tossed my blankets back on Brianna’s bed. And then I quickly climbed in next to her. “scoot over, Brianna. Let’s have a sleepover!”

“Yay! I love sleepovers!” Brianna squealed happily.

She might have been a little blanket thief, but the girl had body heat! I felt better already. At least a little.

“Why don’t you two stay here, and I’ll go see about some hot chocolate with marshmallows?”

My dad waddled off toward the kitchen, looking kind of like a penguin himself in his bulky snow clothes.

“Nikki?” Brianna said, nestling her head into my shoulder. “Do you think we’re going to turn into ice cubes?”

“No way. We’ve got blankets and PJs. We’ve also got each other. And, Dad’s making hot chocolate. We’re going to be fine!”

Brianna nodded and snuggled in even closer. After a minute or so, her breathing evened out. She had fallen back to sleep!

A couple minutes later, my dad appeared with a tray of hot chocolate. “Aw, you two look so sweet!” he chuckled.

“SHHHHHH.” I did NOT want him to wake up my very favorite kind of Brianna—sleeping Brianna!!! 🙂

He set the hot chocolate down on the nightstand. “Want me to get you a book or something?”

I almost asked for my phone, but then I said, “Actually? Could you grab my diary and a pen from my desk?”

So, I’ve been sitting here writing ever since. And I am NOT getting out of this bed until my house is warmer than Antarctica!!!!

How’s the weather where you live? What do you do to you stay warm?

Category: My Diary Tags: winternikki

Comments

  1. 75
    Anonymous says:
    January 11, 2017 at 10:14 am

    It never snows where I live

  2. 74
    Little June says:
    January 11, 2017 at 9:08 am

    Cool and some
    Breezy cold nice breakfast

  3. 73
    Little June says:
    January 11, 2017 at 9:07 am

    Cool

  4. 72
    Weasley is our king says:
    January 11, 2017 at 8:34 am

    I usually wrap a blanket around me and watch tv with a mug of hot chocolate.Try it it is uh-mazing 🙂

  5. 71
    Anonymous says:
    January 11, 2017 at 7:27 am

    its not that cold here sometimes its below freezing and the other its 60 degrees

  6. 70
    Crazy dork says:
    January 11, 2017 at 7:00 am

    It’s pretty cold their I live. But at least my heater isn’t broken!

  7. 69
    I haven't got a name yet says:
    January 11, 2017 at 5:22 am

    Awww… I feel sorry for u having snow AND about the broken heater. But in my city it NEVER snows. You’re pretty lucky if u ask me. I have NEVER seen snow in my life (well except for the pictures, movies and stuff)

  8. 68
    chloe the easter bunny says:
    January 11, 2017 at 3:22 am

    I am SO Jealous!!! we BARELY have snow where I live. The coldest and 40!!

  9. 67
    :) says:
    January 11, 2017 at 2:39 am

    Your Dad is so nice!

  10. 66
    Dorky dork says:
    January 11, 2017 at 1:50 am

    I do not live in America and it is very hot where I live so don’t have to keep warm!

  11. 65
    Dork Pancakes says:
    January 11, 2017 at 12:44 am

    i just went on a ski vacation and we got FOUR FEET OF SNOW in THREE DAYS!! I went to Truckee, CA! Shout-out if anyone’s every been there!! It gets REALLY cold in my house EVERY night!!!

  12. 64
    DiamondRose says:
    January 10, 2017 at 11:54 pm

    I am in California. It it dangerously rainy outside. Many people had to evacuate thier homes!

  13. 63
    Dorky Unicorn ;) says:
    January 10, 2017 at 11:42 pm

    How I stay warm:
    Put on my awesome Unicorn onesie
    Grab all the spare blankets
    Pile the blankets up
    Then hop into bed

  14. 62
    Jenna16 says:
    January 10, 2017 at 11:08 pm

    Hi, i am Sofia, and i love your books, they are cool and exciting!

  15. 61
    Drama Queen says:
    January 10, 2017 at 10:43 pm

    Once in the middle of summer my AC broke.

  16. 60
    b in books says:
    January 10, 2017 at 10:29 pm

    It’s not to cold in L.A. but I still wear 3 shirts

  17. 59
    Poopersmooper says:
    January 10, 2017 at 9:36 pm

    I love how Nikki is always ingnoring makenzei by being herself

  18. 58
    Anonymous says:
    January 10, 2017 at 9:22 pm

    I usually get as many blankets as I can find when it is cold

  19. 57
    MARIE#:3 says:
    January 10, 2017 at 9:20 pm

    I live in California and right now, IT’S POURING RAIN!!! 🙁

  20. 56
    Sweet cat says:
    January 10, 2017 at 9:06 pm

    This is so cool to spend time with your little sis and have a little sleepover I just might do that with My sister and we will have a total ball of fun together

  21. 55
    Pinkfashion says:
    January 10, 2017 at 8:59 pm

    Cool

  22. 54
    Dork Queen says:
    January 10, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    I live in Houston,TX and it’s not really cold

  23. 53
    Freezing Frenzy says:
    January 10, 2017 at 8:53 pm

    My house is freezing and I have to wear two shirts… BRRR

  24. 52
    Kk11106 says:
    January 10, 2017 at 8:42 pm

    My little sister is three and does the same thing!

  25. 51
    Graduating student says:
    January 10, 2017 at 8:26 pm

    Where I live, it sometimes rains and rarely snows…
    It’s not too cold, but we need to wear really thick clothes.

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