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alt_sally_anne) wrote2010-06-19 09:17 pm
alt_sally_anne) wrote2010-06-19 09:17 pm
I got my journal back
When Jeremy and I got home for summer hols his parents sat both of us down and told us that Things Were Going To Be Different. That we would have to EARN our privileges, that we're entitled to regular meals (thank goodness for that!) and a bed to sleep in but there were all sorts of things they said were special privileges and we would need to show that we deserved them. Like my journal and Jeremy's broom and pudding and the wireless and comics and loads of other things I don't much care about (or don't have anyway).
Jeremy was furious and they had a huge row. He said he'd been punished at school for the things he did at school and now they were punishing him at home too and it wasn't fair. And they said it had nothing to do with punishing anybody, it's just that Things Were Going To Be Different.
I didn't see much point in arguing. I'm usually good at behaving myself so I thought surely they'd give me my journal back soon. They had chores for me and I did them, and they wanted me to look after Gemma and I taught her how to make bracelets and I helped her make one for her mum. Mrs Stretton liked the bracelet but apparently that didn't count as earning any privileges. So then another day we got up early and I helped Gemma to make breakfast in bed for Mrs Stretton and she got all dressed up in her dress robes and I plaited her hair and we surprised her before she got up, and that actually made her cross, she thought I was ONLY doing it to get my journal back and really I'm not sure what she expected, taking it away, I thought surely she'd WANT me to do things to try to get it back. But evidently not. So I went back to just trying to be well-behaved.
I thought maybe it would help if Jeremy were also behaving himself so I gave him some suggestions and he actually listened, since he really wanted his broom back. He spent a whole day smiling and saying 'thank you' when they'd criticise him but apparently that was sort of like making breakfast in bed, they knew it was an act.
So then today Jeremy set the east wing of the house on fire. He said that he was practicing some very advanced charm and it went wrong and when they were cross about THAT he pointed out that the book was in their library and said he was bored because they wouldn't give him his broom back and wouldn't it be better for everyone if he had other things to do?
I was afraid they'd take away his wand, but instead they gave back his broom and then said I could have something too so I asked for my journal.
Anyway I'm well and I've been following the news, the Strettons gave their muggles a holiday to celebrate and their mudblood as well. And thank you for the owls, everyone who sent one, especially Pansy! I wrote back anytime the owl was willing to wait for a reply but it's just not the same as having a journal where I can see what people say right away! Newspapers are good for big news but you don't hear what your friends are up to in the Prophet.
Jeremy was furious and they had a huge row. He said he'd been punished at school for the things he did at school and now they were punishing him at home too and it wasn't fair. And they said it had nothing to do with punishing anybody, it's just that Things Were Going To Be Different.
I didn't see much point in arguing. I'm usually good at behaving myself so I thought surely they'd give me my journal back soon. They had chores for me and I did them, and they wanted me to look after Gemma and I taught her how to make bracelets and I helped her make one for her mum. Mrs Stretton liked the bracelet but apparently that didn't count as earning any privileges. So then another day we got up early and I helped Gemma to make breakfast in bed for Mrs Stretton and she got all dressed up in her dress robes and I plaited her hair and we surprised her before she got up, and that actually made her cross, she thought I was ONLY doing it to get my journal back and really I'm not sure what she expected, taking it away, I thought surely she'd WANT me to do things to try to get it back. But evidently not. So I went back to just trying to be well-behaved.
I thought maybe it would help if Jeremy were also behaving himself so I gave him some suggestions and he actually listened, since he really wanted his broom back. He spent a whole day smiling and saying 'thank you' when they'd criticise him but apparently that was sort of like making breakfast in bed, they knew it was an act.
So then today Jeremy set the east wing of the house on fire. He said that he was practicing some very advanced charm and it went wrong and when they were cross about THAT he pointed out that the book was in their library and said he was bored because they wouldn't give him his broom back and wouldn't it be better for everyone if he had other things to do?
I was afraid they'd take away his wand, but instead they gave back his broom and then said I could have something too so I asked for my journal.
Anyway I'm well and I've been following the news, the Strettons gave their muggles a holiday to celebrate and their mudblood as well. And thank you for the owls, everyone who sent one, especially Pansy! I wrote back anytime the owl was willing to wait for a reply but it's just not the same as having a journal where I can see what people say right away! Newspapers are good for big news but you don't hear what your friends are up to in the Prophet.
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When we made bracelets I did one for her in pink and yellow, since those are her two favourite colours, and I showed her my green and silver one and that got us talking about House colours. She wants to be in Hufflepuff because their house colour is yellow. But then she thought about it and decided she wanted to be in Slytherin because that's my House.
I told her she it will make her parents happier if she's in Ravenclaw and she says she doesn't care, she wants to be in Slytherin like me. But then she realised I'll be out of school before she comes and now she's not so sure. She has a while before she gets Sorted, anyway!
I LOVE getting owls but be sure to tell it to wait for my reply or I can't answer. Not reliably, anyway. It's not that sending owls is a 'privilege' it's just that their owls are always very busy sending out orders of jam and so on.
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