MARCH 5th

I hate to say this but I really dislike Ms. Lucas. She gives us so much homework! Like we have thirty pages to do over the weekend and I'm pretty sure she only gave it because I correct her in class. She was teaching some basic geometry stuff and She got the solution to one of them wrong so I raised my hand and asked if the hyperbole was correct and she told me no and that I shouldn't question it because She was the adult and I wasn't.

I should get back to working out these problems. She makes me feel so dumb sometimes, right? Like, I know I did the stuff right, but apparently because I wasn't doing it to her 'standards' or whatever I get points taken off. I got a C on a test; I never get C's! I'm worried Dad's going to ground me or something but Happy says Dad knows I'm doing the best I can. Pepper says sometimes people will be mean just because which is really dumb. It's just really hard living up to Dad, because he graduated from MIT when he was like seventeen. I think maybe it's my mom's genes. Mom didn't even finish high school. Her Dad had to leave school to help with the farm and her Mom is very proud of her GED, which she only got a few years back. I went to her GED party when I was like seven. It was odd, mainly because I felt like an outsider. Apparently they said I was born 'out of wedlock' or something and because I was a girl I shouldn't be interested in science or math.

Maybe they were right.

MARCH 14th

Spring break. Traveling to San Diego for another compotation. Lets hope I do good, shall we?

MARCH 15th

First Day of the competion. I didn't do so great as I thought I would on the bars. Dad's off doing Iron Man stuff. Peppers trying to hold the company a float? Happy said a float is just a fancier way of saying 'keeping it alive.' Dad's been too busy doing Iron Man type stuff than to look after the company. It's not that he doesn't like it, it's more like, what is a good way to say it-

Obie once told me it was like, Grandpa would show up every day, no matter if it was raining or if Marilyn Monroe was in his bed, dressed professionally and clock out at five. Well according to Dad he would always be making phone calls late into the night or making a family vacation end a day and a half into it because he needed to check up on something.

Dad's style is different. Sometimes he doesn't show up for two weeks, or until it demands an appearance. One time when I was five he went in 'to check on the development' and returned three days later in sweatpants.

So Happy's looking after me while we're here in San Diego. He's trying to help me with the math but it's hard for him, he's better at other stuff. He's going to make me watch a show called Down-town Abby I think.

MARCH 16th

I'm doing the floor tomorrow so I practiced today. I actually practiced for a good three hours. Coach is worried I'm overexerting myself.

Mom actually showed up, on the wrong day but still, points to her for actually showing up. I had dinner with her at a sushi place. She's doing a campaign for Versace in the fall. She's trying to make herself 'big in Japan', meaning she's going to Japan for the next few months to record an album.

I'm not as angry as I was last year towards her, but if dad was to die...I would want to live with Rhody. Speaking of which he called, he says he's coming in Dad's place tomorrow. Dad called to wish me luck.

MARCH 17th

Everything is terrible.

MARCH 20th

It's been a messy few days. I was doing my routine on the floor and I was doing my fifth flip and I misjudged the landing and I landed too hard on my wrist. I've never felt so much pain in my life. The onsite Doctor said it was a moderate sprain, which would take about a week or two to heal. I started worrying because Ms. Lucas had said that she wasn't going to go as easy on us after spring break and this was my writing hand and I worked myself up real bad into what the doctor at the ER said it was a panic attack.

Rhody called Dad, and didn't get a response. A few hours later, Pepper called and told me everything was going to be okay, but to remember to breathe. Rhody flew me and Happy back and Dad greeted us at the airport with Strawberry ice cream and roses, 'for my little gymnast'.

When we got home we sat in the living room and we talked for a long time and I told him my fears and he's going up to the school tomorrow and talk about Ms. Lucas about everything.

MARCH 23rd

So long story short, I'm being homeschooled now. Apparently Dad and Ms. Lucas butted heads and the school said it was too late in the school year to switch so Dad decided to pull me out. He first said he was pulling me out and placed me in a different school but he said life was too short for school and he was going to teach me. Pepper freaked out. She said now she was going to have to help find a proper tutor for me. Dad said not to worry and put forward the following subjects:

GYM, HISTORY AND ENGLISH: Happy. Dad set up a proper gym and for the other subjects, Happy has me watching Downton Abbey with him and to tell him what's wrong with the costumes or not. For English he's going to take me to Barnes and Noble and he's going to pick out like five other books I have to read and write a two page report on. In all honestly, I can just pay one of the interns at Dad's work to write it for me but I'll write them myself. At least, this time I will.

MATH AND SCIENCE: Dad. He lets me work on the Iron Man Suits with him.

He has Pepper working on getting it approved so that if I ever do go to either regular school or to college It will count as official school.

MARCH 28th

We're in New York, helping set up the Stark Expo. He's trying to get it so that on the opening night he can fly in his Iron Man Suit. He wants to have dancers behind him dressed up in Iron Suits. I'm helping trying to figure out how he can wear a suit underneath it. This is the type of math I enjoy!

MARCH 30th

Flying back home. Less than a month before it opens! Dad seems happy. He gets really quiet sometimes when he's thinking. Sometimes on the plane ride back I asks what's up. Sometimes he answers, most of the time he doesn't say a word. Happy says not to over think it.