Since I'm sure you will all know soon enough anyway, it went much worse than expected. I'm now as much of a Black as Sirius is (was?) and all because I'm having a child with a wizard who happened to be born to Muggles.

And the first one of you who says "I told you so" will find their tongue has mysteriously vanished.

Well, I had been feeling rather poorly but this month everything has been right as rain! Classes have been lovely; my beloved Kirley is indoors and we have the benefit of his guitar playing again; Sirius seems to actually be calm (some of the time); even Cissy is not quite so, well, irritable; and Bella has stopped being completely hopeless. I'm ( Read more... )

I will be seventeen in five weeks.

I will come into a very small, really token, amount of money.

I will be able to apply for my Apparation licence.

I will be able to make decisions about my future.

I could leave Hogwarts entirely if I wanted to.

But why would I want to do that, when there are so many lovely people here?

Well, Ted, as you can see, the package came ( Read more... )

Well, it appears that after a very long night and a very long day, we went ahead with Christmas as originally, beautifully planned, at the Tonks home. Muggle Christmas is different and yet not, and I think that I will get a good paper out of it for Muggle Studies though I am sure Ted will make fun of me for thinking of that. I DO like the music, ( Read more... )

Well, here we are, in an emptying castle. Sirius is stubbornly resigned but I'm hoping I'll be able to get him a bit more chipper.

Unfortunately, SOME PEOPLE don't seem to UNDERSTAND about FAMILY and the importance of your HISTORY. So they have left angry, and without a present. Which is their own bloody fault ( Read more... )

James Potter and Severus Snape just came in here looking all kinds of banged up and unhappy and white as sheets then Snape wouldn't let Pomfrey touch him and I don't even know about Potter, except Snape and Pomfrey had words over him which was strange but anyway I think he is not in his right mind (Snape that is, not Potter) and I'm worried about ( Read more... )

Oh, my ( Read more... )

So.

Ted.

(And Sirius, Xiomara, Remus, Lily, and Amos because I'm sure you know as well)

I'm going through with it. I wanted to tell you that today but you weren't listening. I just thought you should know.

What are you going to do about it?

Well, hasn't this been a month? Some thoughts ( Read more... )