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Dec. 9th, 2008 09:30 pmI received a letter from Alice today. I was a bit worried since we hadn't seen any journal entries from her or Frank for awhile, and it's as I feared: her pregnancy really has laid her low, poor thing. She did have such trouble with nausea in her first trimester with Evelyn, and reading between the lines, it sounds as though she's having an even harder time this time. Well, they do say that the worse the nausea the less of a chance of a miscarriage, so that's one crumb of comfort. I am going to send her a good supply of raspberry and ginger tea, which should help. And Frank, of course, is taking over much of her work at Moddey Dhoo, which is keeping him almost too busy to breathe.
They are all doing well for the most part, although Alice complains that the rats are even more of a problem than last winter (I will also be sending along advice on some good rat repelling charms). The children are staying healthy, thank goodness, and getting quite excited about the upcoming holiday. Oh, and Minerva, Frank asked me to pass along his thanks for the shipment of herbology textbooks--how clever of you to wheedle the Board of Governors into paying for an updated edition, just so you could send the previous edition to Sanctuary. Several of the students are actually doing first year work--easier to do in that subject without a wand, of course, but Alice also sent along essay examples from a couple of students are who are studying elementary potions (the theory, anyway), and I must say, I am impressed. For the most part, of course, they are mainly laying the groundwork with preparatory schoolwork, i.e., tutoring them in simple maths, teaching the younger ones their letters and such, and will wait on their launching their magical education until the oldest reach the age of 11--HOPEFULLY there will be a source of wands by then!
Frank added a private postscript, after taking the letter from Alice to mail. He is worried about her health, of course, although he is trying to put the best face on things. Minerva, if you could include some observations you might have about their boy Neville in your next missive, I think that would also be very appreciated by both of them. I think, with the new pregnancy, their other children are on their minds a great deal.
They are all doing well for the most part, although Alice complains that the rats are even more of a problem than last winter (I will also be sending along advice on some good rat repelling charms). The children are staying healthy, thank goodness, and getting quite excited about the upcoming holiday. Oh, and Minerva, Frank asked me to pass along his thanks for the shipment of herbology textbooks--how clever of you to wheedle the Board of Governors into paying for an updated edition, just so you could send the previous edition to Sanctuary. Several of the students are actually doing first year work--easier to do in that subject without a wand, of course, but Alice also sent along essay examples from a couple of students are who are studying elementary potions (the theory, anyway), and I must say, I am impressed. For the most part, of course, they are mainly laying the groundwork with preparatory schoolwork, i.e., tutoring them in simple maths, teaching the younger ones their letters and such, and will wait on their launching their magical education until the oldest reach the age of 11--HOPEFULLY there will be a source of wands by then!
Frank added a private postscript, after taking the letter from Alice to mail. He is worried about her health, of course, although he is trying to put the best face on things. Minerva, if you could include some observations you might have about their boy Neville in your next missive, I think that would also be very appreciated by both of them. I think, with the new pregnancy, their other children are on their minds a great deal.