Valentine’s Goodies!
Dear Diary,
I stopped by the LYS today on my way back to Ravenclaw Tower from classes. (Really, it wasn’t THAT bad of a detour!!!) I spent some of my gift certificate on a book that most Hogwarts students already know about – Charmed Knits! How exciting! There’s a few patterns in there that I’m REALLY REALLY looking forward to making, for myself and the small wizardlings. And Malcolm too, of course! The rest of my gift certificate I think I’ll spend on yarn for some big project – maybe a sweater for myself? Hm… I have lots of things I’d like to make, what to pick is the problem!!!
Oh my Goodness!
Dear Diary,
I think I officially love Malcolm MacCoinneach. Really. Even though he’s a Slytherin, he can be so thoughtful sometimes! Really, I’m sure he has ulterior motives, but STILL. This evening, since we won’t see much of each other tomorrow, he gave me my Valentine’s Day gift… a gift certificate to my LYS!!! Wahoooooooo!!! I’m so excited! I might just run in tomorrow, we’ll see. Hopefully I’ll get to see one of the girls that works there – she just had her second baby and I want to see him!!! What a sneak Malcolm is… I was IN the LYS today and the lady he bought the gift certificate from must be in Slytherin too because she kept a straight face the whole two and a half hours I was there knitting!!! Geez!!!
Ahh… love. I got chocolates too. And a movie. He got adorable boxers and, despite my better judgment, a muggle yard gnome riding a frog. I thought that was romantic, since he LOVES muggle yard gnomes and I love frogs… hee hee hee…
Doldrums
Dear Diary,
I’m feeling pretty down in the dumps today for several reasons, so I decided against going to Hogsmeade even though I had originally planned on making the trip. I just have too much to do here, and since Arithmancy homework is likely to take me the rest of the day today AND all day tomorrow, I can’t expect much of anything. I’m tired and very irritable today, and I feel horrible for anyone around me. I’m also cry-ish moody, with no hormonal imbalances to blame for it.
The good news is that I sent off my spoilee’s package yesterday, I’m getting closer to finished on my sister’s babies’ present (the goal is Wednesday), and I haven’t killed any small wizardlings or Malcolm yet.
I sure wish Arithmancy was going better than it is – I really do think that’s causing most of my stress related mood issues right now. It doesn’t help that campus has been closed for the last two days, removing the day we were supposed to be able to ask questions in Arithmancy about our homework that is now due on Monday. I don’t understand it, and now I have to figure it out without anyone to answer my questions. *sob* yep… I think that’s my problem.
I guess I’d better get back to it – next time I take a break from studying I’ll be a bit of a sheep and do the ‘about me’ meme. I haven’t decided yet which one I’ll do – all the ones I’ve seen from the lovely Ravenclaw ladies have been interesting and unique!
Yippeeeeee!!!
Dear Diary,
I’m going to the post office today to send off a certain Slytherin’s package! I made sure to take lots of pictures before I put it all into the box, and I think I might share a little teaser since I’m so excited!!!
There is one thing in the box that’s a goody now but didn’t start out as one… by the time I finished it, the size was NOT conducive to a bag. So it’s just a goody now. I really liked it, even though it didn’t like me so much some of the time! Wanna see some of it? 
How fun! My classes were canceled again today, but I’m not getting much done because instead of being able to do homework I’m chasing after a wee wizard. Yikes. This afternoon, when I have a chance to get out of the house and go to the post office, I also plan to run some other errands and then tonight after normal wizard bedtimes do homework. In the meantime, maybe I’ll get some crocheting done for my sister who is expecting in less than a month and finish up her present – I’m a lot closer than I expected to be right now!
So. Tired.
Dear Diary,
Life has been so busy lately! Muggle Discrete Math is really quite difficult, and I’m struggling to keep up with that in addition to my Hogwarts class load. I tried to get some of the homework for that done last night, but as yesterday was a long day for me in classes, my brain hit overload before I could even get halfway done. I quit before I had intended to originally and relaxed by finishing my very first knit project, a hat! I started the matching scarf earlier yesterday and did a few rows on it yesterday evening, too. I missed the Knitting Club meeting because of homework, unplugging a kitchen sink without magic, and putting a few wizardlings to bed. I was sorry to miss it!!!
In a stroke of good luck, Malcolm brought me a wonderful piece of paper – a Muggle W2 form! I was finally able to send in my forms for American federal aid for school, which is very important for me being able to continue on at Hogwarts.
No school today for me – even though this is the nicest day we’ve had in a long time, NOW they decide to close campus for snow removal. I can understand the logic, but it irritates me that I had to drive through horrific blizzard conditions (really, I could hardly see the road and only my knowledge of exactly where stop lights are along my route told me where to slow down to even more of a crawl to squint through the snow to see if they were red) just to get to school. And now they close it on a day I can see the road to get there. Oh well, I guess there’s more homework time… Off to finish up some of that homework and put some finishing touches on a certain someone’s package. How exciting, I can’t believe it’s ready for sending at long last! I kept thinking it was almost ready, almost ready, and then I’d think of something more to add. Now, I’m actually done but for one tiny little thing and the packing it up in a box! WOW! So excited…
Almost done!
Dear Diary,
I’m almost done with my spoilee’s package. I’m waiting for some paint to dry (muah ha ha ha!) and then I’ve got a few things left on one particular extra goody, and then it’s all ready to go!
I’ve been working very hard to make a slightly different deadline: my mother is leaving to visit my sister in a few weeks, and I have a little set of gifts for my sister’s babies (they’re coming in right about a month) to send with my mother so as to save a bit on shipping. They’re not heavy, but they’ll take up more space and have to go in a bigger box than I’m wanting to pay shipping for. I’ve got the two hats done, one each for the boy and girl, and only need to finish the decoration for them. The to-be-shared blankie is progressing and not too badly at that, so I plan to take that with me tomorrow and work on it during a break between classes. I think I’ve only got about 5 squares left to make, then sewing them all together and doing the border. Whee!
Jumping on the bandwagon
How interesting. I expected as much, but what I found even more interesting were the other top four results. Hm…
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You scored as Hermione GrangerYou’re one intelligent witch, but you have a hard time believing it and require constant reassurance. You are a very supportive friend who would do anything and everything to help her friends out.
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Snowed In
Dear Diary,
We’re almost snowed in!!! I was preparing to head to class yesterday and almost didn’t make it because it was snowing so hard! We got something like 8 inches yesterday on top of several from the night and day before. Today we’re supposed to only get an inch or two, but then tonight and tomorrow we’re to expect up to 10 inches again, and then more on Sunday. Goodness!!!
I had some fun playing with a Slytherin boy, Malcolm MacCoinneach, in the snow yesterday, but I got soaked to the bone! Still, I’m tempted to do it again today, as it’s been a long time since I’ve had that much fun in the snow!
Tomorrow’s the big Snitch Search, and I’m trying to gear up for it in true Ravenclaw style. I’m so excited, I can hardly control myself! I plan to be up and watching for the release right at the beginning, and with our wits and a bit of luck Ravenclaw will catch that little bugger right away! RAH RAH RAVENCLAW!
