I start pet-sitting today! YAY! It's for this really nice family up the street, who moved here from Germany two years ago. They have a six-year-old named Abigail, and a two-year-old named Cecily. Anyway, they're going to Germany for three and a half weeks in February, and they've got to take their dog to California first, so I will be pet sitting while they are in California and Germany! They have a cat named Musafa and a guinea pig named Minka. I will be feeding, playing with, watering them, taking care of the plants, etc. I am psyched! I play with Abby and Cecily all the time - very nice people. They walk their dog, Ciro, alot. He is a German German Shepherd, which means he is not that sort of police German Shepherd, but he is big and black and furry. If you google them you can find pictures. He's about 18 months old.

I have a swim meet today, too. I hate swim meets. I always feel soooo pressured, and I hyperventilate, and I'm freaked I'll come in dead last, and not get a personal best, and get kicked out of gold, you get the picture. Unfortunately, Veronica is like, "don't feel pressured, Tash, you just do the best you can, and not worry about what other people are doing." Easy for her to say. She is very Zen-y. We are very different in that respect. I feel sick at the mere mention of a swim meet.

I had my riding lesson yesterday, and I jumped cross country for the first time! It was soo exhilirating! Log jumps, big jumps, ditch jumps, stretch jumps, everything. It was sooooo awesome! I LOVE cross country.

GTG,
Natasha