Spike's Diary

Dear Diary,

You know what stress feels like? I mean what it really feels like? It's like everything that can possibly go wrong is going wrong and that you're completely powerless to stop it, all while feeling that you got yourself into that mess to begin with. Yep, it's been that kinda day for me. I volunteered to look after all my friends' pets while they were visiting the Crystal Empire, for a modest fee of course, and things pretty much went downhill from there. Looking after just one would have been hard enough, but all of them? It was the kind of chaos even Discord would tip his hat to. I felt like I was being pulled int six different directions, literally in some cases.

Everything kept getting worse, and that included unexpected train trips to the Empire and trying to hide from my friends. It was just madness all over. But, in the end, I realised that I had been a fairly poor carer for the pets. I was more concerned with getting something out of the arrangement than with looking after them properly. But, thankfully, they seemed to be willing to forgive me, and we were able to get back home without anypony being the wiser. And hey, I hear Twilight's mission up North was a success, so that's even more good news!

Still, if I ever get it in me to look after those critters again, just throw me in the asylum.