Karma Police
Exams are over. I believe that they went passably well. And now I finally have a bit of time to trap the thoughts swirling in my head on paper to prevent further...swirlings. Hopefully.
Item One: Financial
Rent: 15 galleons.
Salary at Leaky Cauldron: 1 sickle per hour.
12 hour work day=12
*30=360
/17= 21.2
-15= for rent
6.2 galleons
Salary at Slug and Jiggers Apothecary: 8 sickles per hour
8 hour work day=64
*5 days per week= 320
*4 weeks per month=1,280
/17=75 (approx, on conservative side)
Which means a bit more than 81 galleons of extra money per month. 71, if I factor in food. More if I am particularly frugal in my spending.
So, if I only work at both jobs until I've paid off rent, then I can drop The Leaky cauldron after one month.
On the other hand, there is the possibility that I could work both jobs for longer and save up considerably more money for the future.
Also, I'll be doing something productive when I am not sleeping.
I'll have to see how much I hate bussing tables. I think that I may have dulled it slightly in my memory. I don't remember it being this awful, though I'm sure that it was.
And only a few days until I start at the apothecary.
Item Two: School
It's over. Which still seems unreal to me. If I am lucky, I will never see the fucking marauders again. I still keep thinking in terms of "summer holiday" as if any job that I have is still temporary and any "real" job lies in the distant future. This is particularly problematic since I'm still not entirely sure what I'm going to do with my life. I suppose that I will continue in the Potions field, perhaps try to obtain an apprenticeship once my livelihood is better maintained. I can not really see myself working in Potions for the rest of my life, though. Really, there's nothing that I can see myself doing for the rest of my life.
I should have done it.
Item Three: Evans
There was no real hope for us. There was certainly no chance of us ever being an us. I'm not even certain if that's what I wanted, which probably means that it wasn't. And There was no way that our...whatever...friendship...thing, well there is no way that it could have continued. I am already in a somewhat awkward place, as far as the changing political climate goes. I need to be more careful about whom I am seen socializing with. Also, it wouldn't have lasted past school. It simply would have been easier if it had simply fizzled out naturally instead of ending in an uncomfortable explosion. At least I do not have to endure any more awkward questions concerning her.
Item Three: Malfoy
I am embarassingly nervous about this upcoming meeting. He seems to want something specific. I sincerely doubt that he simply wants to catch up with me. Though I suppose that there is really no sense in dwelling on this before I even know what will happen. And, really, doing a favour for Lucius Malfoy would not be unwise. In fact, it could turn out to be rather advantageous for me. We shall have to see.
That got a good deal more lengthy than I thought it would.
Did anyone happen to see an old copy of Advanced Potion-Making upon leaving Hogwarts? Mine seems to have gone missing.