| wheresmytoad @ 2003-10-09 12:55:00 |
| Current mood: |  exhausted |
I got a real letter from Gran today! That was a lovely surprise. It was short, and her handwriting is rather difficult to puzzle out, but she wrote the whole thing herself. There's no doubt she's feeling downright spry. From one or two things she said, I think my cousin Ralph might be starting to regret the carefree bachelor life he abandoned when he moved in with her. She's been bullying him into bringing her around to her friends' houses for visits, and he's spent much more time than he bargained in the past month taking tea with Gran's set: starchy old witches who ply him with cups of Darjeeling and biscuits and loudly discuss how much better he looks now that his spots has cleared up (and Ralph hasn't had acne for fifteen years). The poor man would be so much happier down at the local pub sharing a butterbeer or two with some of his mates.
But having rashly moved in with her, Ralph's stuck with Gran. And I'm stuck with Hogwarts. I'm not doing as well in my classes as I'd like, and I'm getting rather worried about NEWTs. I'm not as grumpy as I was, perhaps, but it's just that I'm so tired all the time! It's those ruddy nightmares again. Even my roommates are sick of them. They've always groused about my snoring, of course, more or less good-naturedly, but Seamus actually chucked a pillow at me a couple of nights ago because he's gotten so sick of me muttering in my sleep all the time. I think I've plucked up my nerve enough to try that redige spell again with Professor Black, but we haven't been able to coordinate our schedules enough to meet. I'll try again next week.
Some things are nice of course. The running in the morning is getting a little easier at least. I'm actually starting to enjoy it. Having a running partner really helps. I've already lost a little weight! The first Hogsmeade weekend is coming up and the Quidditch season up always cheers everyone up, Harry and Ron most of all.
I could use the cheering up.
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