Greg then changes focus to Manny and how he broke one of his video game consoles.

Returning home, Frank manages to get rid of teenagers crowding his driveway much to his wife's dismay. Following that, Frank decides to take Greg to the mall every Saturday to escape hearing any of Loded Diper's practices and seeing Bill Walter. Frank tries to sneak out to work on his replica, but he is caught by Susan and forced to go to bed early with Manny, who is scared of the 'monster' in the furnace room. Rowley starts telling Greg of his trip but leaves after Greg starts talking about his life. Meanwhile, his Dad works on a diorama of the Civil War, telling Manny and Rowley that the furnace room is off-limits.

The problem was each Mom Buck was worth a penny. Unluckily, Susan got the idea to use Mom Bucks for the two of which they could cash in for real dollars. Greg states that Rodrick can treat him any way he wants because he knows the most embarrassing thing that happened to him over the summer and decides to dig some dirt of his own. Greg then writes how his Mom has been trying to get him and Rodrick to bond but doesn't work out after she spots Rodrick pushing Greg. He then says that in French class, he got a pen pal.

Greg states how his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, went to South America for the summer and complains of Rowley's actions after his return. Greg ends up touching Jeremy Pindle and got the Cheese Touch. With the school year starting, all of Greg's schoolmates run away from him, which makes him confused until he realizes why: he still had the Cheese Touch from the previous school year (which he got during the last week) but had completely forgotten about it over the summer. Greg begins his new journal by briefly explaining how his summer was, which included him being on a swim team and an embarrassing secret that only he and Rodrick know about. Rodrick punching Greg rather aggressively, don't you think? Unfortunately for Greg, his older brother, Rodrick, knows all about the 'incident' Greg wants to keep under wraps, but secrets have a way of getting out.especially when a diary is involved. Whatever you do, don't ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer vacation, because he definitely doesn't want to talk about it.Īs Greg enters the new school year, he's eager to put the past three months behind him.and one event in particular.

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