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Queridas Personas,

Well I've been sick for the last four days but it was the worst yesterday. I had a fever, headache, stomache and a horrible sore throat. Thankfully, I'm feeling much better today. Today I have a cold but that's ok. Sickness put me behind in homework but put me ahead in the office. I watched 19 episodes in today and yesterday alone. I know it's absolutely sickening behavior but I have an excuse! I was sick.

Our house is becoming an animal sanctuary. My siblings are doing all these experiments for their class about birds. Now we have so many birds in our yard it is unbelievable. We have two cardinals that are getting fat off of our feeders. There is a beautiful red male and a female that has the prettiest beak I've ever seen. Its beak is bright orange and has a song that makes me smile. I really love the birds. We also have little finches, robins, and doves but my favorite are the cardinals. The other day it was late at night and my mom and I saw a raccoon run past our back porch. We don't see raccoons very often so I think that all the old pieces of bread that we've been throwing out for the birds is attracting unwanted wildlife also. Speaking of unwanted wildlife.... we have bunnies running everywhere through our yard. Although they get annoying, they really are cute and definitely indicate that it's spring. My favorite little animal is this little chipmunk that lives in a whole right next to our back porch named Pat. Oh yeah we name our animals outside because we can't have pets... mhmm we're dorks. Between getting walnuts and putting them in his whole, he runs across our porch and we get to see him. Somehow he must have gotten hurt once because his tail is mangled. My favorite thing is when he stands at the window looking at us with his little cheeks full. Spring is definitely my favorite season. I love the snow but nothing beats the warm weather. Well I really have to finish homework even though I don't want to. What other choice do I have?