I never thought I'd say this, but I can't wait until Mom gets home. Dad has gone crazy without her. She left a few days ago to visit Francis because his appendix ruptured. The Academy almost didn't believe him since Francis used that excuse last month. Dad was now in charge and I couldn't believe my luck. I had just discovered something actually cool I could do with the Krelboynes — building killer robots — and if Mom were around, there was no way she'd let us make one. But if she were gone...

Everything was going great. Dad let us do whatever we wanted and we were having fun. Then he just started acting really weird. He took over our robot project. He added saws and lasers and all kinds of weapons to it. That sounds cool, but it was actually kind of... well, dangerous. I caught Dad dancing in his underwear — there may even have been howling. The last straw came when Dad stopped going to work and started threatening his boss. Nothing I said would make him stop, so I called Mom's co-worker, Craig, but he was no help. Dad just sat on him, waiting for him to cry "Uncle." I didn't know what else to do, so I turned the robot on Dad. I didn't want to hurt him or anything, just make him quit acting so crazy. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but the next thing I knew, the button was pushed and tons of bees came shooting out of the cannon. Now that Dad is covered with bees, things seem to have settled down. At least he won't move until Mom gets home. I just hope her flight doesn't get delayed.