Ginny will be really proud of me. I took the evening off last night, and read part of a mystery novel. Nothing was accomplished. No laundry was folded. No dishes were washed. No work came home with me. It was a bit odd at first, but by the time I went to bed, I was quite relaxed. Perhaps I'll schedule an evening like that for next month too.

Lavender and Ginny kidnapped me on Friday night, and I'm not quite sure that I've recovered yet. I'd estimate that this means I either need to get out more, or that I should abstain completely. What on earth was in that blue concoction that you two plied me with?

With all of you as my witnesses...

I will not sleep in my office anymore. No matter how many drunken muggles are roaming the streets.

I didn't intend to work over the weekend, but there were case files to review. A lot of work was done, but along the way I forgot to eat. Now, I'm totally famished, so I think a nice take away curry will be dinner tonight. Food any food would suffice, though ( Read more... )

There once was an unfortunate witch
who found an old book, bewitched.
Unwisely she read it,
And lived to regret it.
Speaking in limericks' a bitch.

So Sonnets of a Sorceror actually exists, as I had the bad luck to discover. It was stacked in a forgotten corner of the Ministry Library among some crumbling maps of Lyonesse that I was researching ( Read more... )

There hasn't been much for me to update about these last couple weeks, hence the silence. The most exciting thing that's happened was that Colin, Hannah and I were kicked out of the pub down the road by some Muggle celebrity and his entourage. We debated various forms of petty revenge (Balding Hex or Impotence Curse?) but decided that would violate ( Read more... )

I need to keep a better eye on my possessions. During one of my semi-annual cleaning moods in which I throw out practically everything that's not nailed down, this journal found its way into a box destined for Dregs and Dross Junk Shop. After I realised my mistake, I went back and asked the shopkeeper if he remembered seeing a dark red journal with ( Read more... )

I've spent the last couple weeks tracking down the source of fraud wands that were supposed to give Squibs some magical ability. As if dodgy companies like Kwikspell weren't bad enough. They were very shoddily constructed, made of plywood with puffskein fur acting as the magical core. Surprisingly, they actually had some effect; mainly breaking tea ( Read more... )

Occasionally, Mum will get it into her head that what she needs is a little spontaneity. Not content to suffer alone, she likes to drag the whole family into her schemes. Last year she decided that we all learn to cast the difficult and entirely pointless but pretty Coruscating Aurora Charm (great for blinding friends and enemies alike!). This year ( Read more... )

So I am sure we all know about the annual Gingerbread Home Benefit Gala on the 14th of July. I thought to myself, 'Susan, what can you do to help?' Then after reading the partial list of RSVPs, it hit me like a stunning spell ( Read more... )