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alt_aliceHello hello!
I realised I haven't written anything in an age and a half, so here goes. Keisha is settling in wonderfully -- she's a bit underweight, but Poppy was able to check her out thoroughly and give her a clean bill of health, and she's already started plumping up a bit. We've thoroughly enjoyed Poppy's visit, and she got quite the personalized tour of the Memorial Garden from Colin.
We've been enjoying a wealth of fresh veg this summer -- even with sending as many young plants as we did to the Sherwood group, we still clocked in a rather impressive harvest that we'll take full advantage of this winter.
Divyesh Shah has been hard at work this summer practicing his wandwork -- I think he's trying his hardest to catch up with Colin and Alec, even though we've told him at least once already that it isn't a race, and they've had a full year more than he has besides. He starts up Charms, Potions, and Transfiguration right alongside Colin and Alec next week, even though he'll be doing more remedial work. This is the first time we've had two different classes of children in the magical courses (even though Divyesh is a class of one), and although we've gotten quite good at the general classes, it'll be interesting to juggle different skill levels when it comes to magic.
Since all the security scares this summer, we've had to severely curb our earlier plans to open the school to Muggle students, which is an enormous shame. We're still planning on taking on one or two of Davidson's people to see whether we can pass along some basics as to our schooling, and Judith has been working up a collection of lesson plans that can be passed along to any school-aged children that come to Sherwood. Who knows what will happen in the coming months in terms of our relationship with the people of Sherwood, but I hope we're able to continue making inroads there, and if they cannot come to us, perhaps we'll have to make some visits to them.
Other than that, I must admit to feeling more than the usual anxiety about the start of the term this year. My sweet baby girl is starting her first year at Hogwarts, and my little man is going into his third, and I can't help but worry. Even when that awful monster was going around petrifying everyone last year, I still believed that Hogwarts was a safe place for my children. Now, I'm not so very sure, and my first impulse is to have them here with me. Am I blowing this entirely out of proportion? I don't think my concerns are unfounded, and in times like these, a good deal more is at stake than simply exposing them to a little schoolyard teasing.
I hope things go well, but the fact that I don't know for certain that they will is nerve-wracking. So I'm sending good thoughts their way, hoping for the best, and preparing for all eventualities. Thank Merlin you are Headmistress, Minerva. It does help a little to know that you will be able to keep an eye on both Neville and Evelyn.
I realised I haven't written anything in an age and a half, so here goes. Keisha is settling in wonderfully -- she's a bit underweight, but Poppy was able to check her out thoroughly and give her a clean bill of health, and she's already started plumping up a bit. We've thoroughly enjoyed Poppy's visit, and she got quite the personalized tour of the Memorial Garden from Colin.
We've been enjoying a wealth of fresh veg this summer -- even with sending as many young plants as we did to the Sherwood group, we still clocked in a rather impressive harvest that we'll take full advantage of this winter.
Divyesh Shah has been hard at work this summer practicing his wandwork -- I think he's trying his hardest to catch up with Colin and Alec, even though we've told him at least once already that it isn't a race, and they've had a full year more than he has besides. He starts up Charms, Potions, and Transfiguration right alongside Colin and Alec next week, even though he'll be doing more remedial work. This is the first time we've had two different classes of children in the magical courses (even though Divyesh is a class of one), and although we've gotten quite good at the general classes, it'll be interesting to juggle different skill levels when it comes to magic.
Since all the security scares this summer, we've had to severely curb our earlier plans to open the school to Muggle students, which is an enormous shame. We're still planning on taking on one or two of Davidson's people to see whether we can pass along some basics as to our schooling, and Judith has been working up a collection of lesson plans that can be passed along to any school-aged children that come to Sherwood. Who knows what will happen in the coming months in terms of our relationship with the people of Sherwood, but I hope we're able to continue making inroads there, and if they cannot come to us, perhaps we'll have to make some visits to them.
Other than that, I must admit to feeling more than the usual anxiety about the start of the term this year. My sweet baby girl is starting her first year at Hogwarts, and my little man is going into his third, and I can't help but worry. Even when that awful monster was going around petrifying everyone last year, I still believed that Hogwarts was a safe place for my children. Now, I'm not so very sure, and my first impulse is to have them here with me. Am I blowing this entirely out of proportion? I don't think my concerns are unfounded, and in times like these, a good deal more is at stake than simply exposing them to a little schoolyard teasing.
I hope things go well, but the fact that I don't know for certain that they will is nerve-wracking. So I'm sending good thoughts their way, hoping for the best, and preparing for all eventualities. Thank Merlin you are Headmistress, Minerva. It does help a little to know that you will be able to keep an eye on both Neville and Evelyn.
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Date: 2010-08-31 02:43 am (UTC)I don't honestly think she meant it, Poppy. Well, maybe before I told her what was going on. But not afterward.
Look, I haven't told her when I'm coming. I can do this two ways. I could sneak up on the place as Padfoot and watch her a few days, see if she's in contact with MLE for any reason. Or I could owl her and tell her when I'm coming, and then sneak up on the place as Padfoot before I'm supposed to arrive, and see if anyone from MLE are watching her.
Which do you prefer? Because either way she knows I'm alive.
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Date: 2010-08-31 03:20 am (UTC)First you dodge Frank's accusation that you are thinking with something other than your brains by maintaining that this woman has threatened all your identities. And then you tell me she didn't really mean it.
I'd say you're saying whatever suits your purpose and none of it honest.
So.
Third time's the charm. But tell me another untruth, and I'll hex you.
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Date: 2010-08-31 03:36 am (UTC)That doesn't change the fact that she made me promise to come see her and explain everything properly, and that if I don't, she might panic and tell someone what little she does know.
Does that clarify it for you, ma'am?
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Date: 2010-08-31 04:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-31 04:07 pm (UTC)