Our home room class got a new class mascot! It's a gerbil, and we named him Mr. Woogie. Well, a couple of kids wanted to name him Professor Shemp "Marvin the Martini" Mott, but Mrs. Lucas stepped in.

I just started this cool new hobby: upcycling flowers. I have to say, I'm pretty doing pretty wicked with it! Maybe I'll send you some photographs.

I just started an afterschool swimming program. Every other day, we do the crawl for at least a half an hour. I don't mind it much, except I wish we'd do it in a pool, not a swamp. Though I guess the vicious rabid beavers are good motivation to swim fast! I've already lost 6 candygrams! Not sure how much that is in whatever weight unit you guys use.