wheresmytoad @ 2003-11-10 18:35:00

Current mood:

calm

My month of detention is almost over. I've become extremely familiar with all the cracks and pits of the stones of the dungeons floor, after a month of regular scrubbing. It's a pity that becoming so familiar with the potions classroom floor does nothing to help me with potions.

I've been thinking more about NEWTs, and worse, what's beyond them, when I leave school. Padma and I talk about it sometimes, when we get together to play chess. I've been talking about medicinal herbology with Professor Sprout, and I think that might be best for me. Not sure whether to approach it from the medical side, applying for St. Mungo's, or to see about advanced and specialized herbology programs. I must talk with Madam Pomfrey some more. It's hard to think about careers--I hate trying to imagine where I'll be next year, because that involves imagining that somehow I've lived through the NEWTs tests, and I'm not altogether convinced that I will.

Gran is getting quite irritated that I've been ignoring her letters. I suspect her next letter may be a howler, demanding to know why I don't write. I do feel rather bad about that, since it's so laborious for her to write them, but I still have no intention of replying. It's not that I'm avoiding her, quite. I'm just picking the exact right time, when I see her face to face. That won't be until Christmas.

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