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alt_sally_anne) wrote2009-11-24 03:57 pm
alt_sally_anne) wrote2009-11-24 03:57 pm
Parcel from the Strettons; other things
I've been thinking and I realised I haven't written many entries recently.
I got a parcel from the Strettons today. Or really from Mr Morrison. He's still working for them. His note was very short as he says they're going mad with all the work as they had to send nearly all their mudbloods back, and also on one of their farms the muggles have all gotten sick with flu. Anyway he sent me jam, lots of different sorts -- Belinda and Morag, I'll bring some along when you meet me and Pansy to revise Potions tonight, yeah? Probably the black current and the strawberry and maybe one of the odd ones. There's one that says it's peach, I think it's new as I don't remember a peach sort last year.
Mr Morrison also asked me to send along my measurements as he expects I'll have outgrown last year's clothing.
Let's see. Classes are going alright. Having Professor Lockhart for Transfiguration was very odd. He told me how clever I was, which Professor Carrow never does, but we didn't practise much, mostly we just heard stories. On the other hand I have a lot of ideas now for interesting ways to use transfiguration if I'm ever in trouble. We're back to Professor Carrow and he's a little quieter than he used to be, he doesn't speak to me nearly as often but he'll sit and watchme us while we're doing our practical work. Maybe it's just quieter because Thomas isn't in our class anymore.
History club has been very interesting. I was a little doubtful at first because it's always SO boring when Binns talks about it. But, Finnigan and Patil find really good books in the library for us to learn from. Last week we learned about how wizards dealt with the Black Plague, which is a horrid disease that infected both the muggles and the wizards. One of the wizards worked out what was causing it and sent owls everywhere telling everyone else what to do to protect themselves. The Headmaster at Hogwarts at the time got the letter and every student at the school went to work casting scourgification spells that get rid of fleas, and the story goes it worked SO well we still don't ever have fleas at the school, ever, though I guess it doesn't keep away lice as some people had those this autumn.
I signed up as soon as I heard for the YPL meeting where Charlie Weasley is going to talk about dragons. That is SO WIZARD, I mean hearing from healers was interesting and so were aurors but nothing beats dragons.
I got a parcel from the Strettons today. Or really from Mr Morrison. He's still working for them. His note was very short as he says they're going mad with all the work as they had to send nearly all their mudbloods back, and also on one of their farms the muggles have all gotten sick with flu. Anyway he sent me jam, lots of different sorts -- Belinda and Morag, I'll bring some along when you meet me and Pansy to revise Potions tonight, yeah? Probably the black current and the strawberry and maybe one of the odd ones. There's one that says it's peach, I think it's new as I don't remember a peach sort last year.
Mr Morrison also asked me to send along my measurements as he expects I'll have outgrown last year's clothing.
Let's see. Classes are going alright. Having Professor Lockhart for Transfiguration was very odd. He told me how clever I was, which Professor Carrow never does, but we didn't practise much, mostly we just heard stories. On the other hand I have a lot of ideas now for interesting ways to use transfiguration if I'm ever in trouble. We're back to Professor Carrow and he's a little quieter than he used to be, he doesn't speak to me nearly as often but he'll sit and watch
History club has been very interesting. I was a little doubtful at first because it's always SO boring when Binns talks about it. But, Finnigan and Patil find really good books in the library for us to learn from. Last week we learned about how wizards dealt with the Black Plague, which is a horrid disease that infected both the muggles and the wizards. One of the wizards worked out what was causing it and sent owls everywhere telling everyone else what to do to protect themselves. The Headmaster at Hogwarts at the time got the letter and every student at the school went to work casting scourgification spells that get rid of fleas, and the story goes it worked SO well we still don't ever have fleas at the school, ever, though I guess it doesn't keep away lice as some people had those this autumn.
I signed up as soon as I heard for the YPL meeting where Charlie Weasley is going to talk about dragons. That is SO WIZARD, I mean hearing from healers was interesting and so were aurors but nothing beats dragons.
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Huh. I thought Morag said she wanted to revise potions with Linus and me. But, oh, I suppose as you've got jams and all that's bound to attract people.
I've been thinking though, that we really ought to all get a move on revising for exams, since it's almost December already. We had a good group last year. Malfoy, Marvolo, you and Parkinson, Finnigan...maybe we should try that again?
The Ravenclaw Corner bunch are all starting their revising, so it's getting difficult to ask questions. If, you know, I needed to do. Which I don't. Normally, anyway.
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Morag, no hard feelings if you want to go study with Padma and Linus tonight! We'll even save the jam for another night if you like.
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(My last transfiguration class went real badly. We were doing that lesson about multiplying again, and not only couldn't I figure out how to do it, my spells kept dividing the props instead. Broke the pomegranate open and got pomegranate juice all over everything. That stuff really stains! He said it was obvious that I wouldn't be taking Arithmancy as one of my optional courses next year.)
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I cannot WAIT for dragons. I had a dream I was riding a dragon last night.