Day Thirty-Six Dear Diary, I wake up to hear someone calling my name. “Calla! Calla!” It’s Griff, and he’s really persistent. One might even call him borderline annoying. Then again, what I know about human men is zero. Maybe they all act this way. Also, this brings up a possible design flaw in my Castle of Badassdom. I didn’t put in sound barrier spells between the tree doors and my bedroom. Something to fix later. Rolling onto my back, I listen to Griff and frown. My brain is too sleepy to think about anything, though. I check my wall clock. 8 am. Who wakes up this early anyway? “Calla! Calla!” Griff really has a set of lungs on him. Padding across my room, I open my ley door a crack. To Griff, this will appear as if the maple tree before him changes. Specifically, the bark ge

