i just got my third badge. i beat mayele without to much trouble. i was leveling up my team to thirty so i could challenge her. on the way i caught several new pokemon. i've seen 77 and caught 57. i also caught 26 versions of unown. that's a - z. just gotta get ? and !. my team is slighty getting better. right now i have

prinplup- 33, staraptor- 33, luxray- 31        drifblim- 30, beautifly- 30, pachirisu- 30

i left a gap because the first three are a permanent fixtures on my team. and others can be replaced.

former members are: bidoof, budew and shellos

i'm going to train my team to thirty three before fighting wake. got a few more pokemon to catch and maybe find a new teammate.