I just started an afterschool swimming program. Every other day, we do the butterfly 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 swamp rats are good motivation to swim fast! I've already lost 15 candygrams! Not sure how much that is in whatever weight unit you guys use.

Yesterday I dared Pauly Santos to throw a rock at Old Mr. Nichols's house. I didn't think he'd do it, but he totally did! The old man came running out in a dirty old bathrobe, waving his cane and yelling. I didn't really hear what he said because I was running too hard, but it sounded like "Arrrrgh blargle blargle blargle!" It was really scary, I thought he was gonna kill us! He isn't a very fast runner though.