Happy birthday, Ron!
Mar. 1st, 2014 08:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_mollyIt's an important date in a young man's life. I certainly wish that I could be there with you (as well as your father), but we'll have a proper belated celebration the next time the train brings you home.
(Do let me know if this morning's owl arrives safely, won't you? You won't recognise it--I hired one at the public owl office that specialises in delivering packages that are fragile. I trust I wrapped it well enough, too.)
(Do let me know if this morning's owl arrives safely, won't you? You won't recognise it--I hired one at the public owl office that specialises in delivering packages that are fragile. I trust I wrapped it well enough, too.)
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Date: 2014-03-01 02:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-03-01 02:42 pm (UTC)(Well, the biscuits I included are a little fragile, but you know what I mean. Tell me if you like them! They're a new recipe to me, and the first tray out of the oven was awfully popular up here -- I had to beat people back to save enough to send to you and I'm glad I planned on making a double batch -- but I'm not sure if that means the biscuits are that good or my coworkers are that desperate.)
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Date: 2014-03-01 03:27 pm (UTC)Congratulations on your 17th.
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Date: 2014-03-01 03:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-03-01 05:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-03-01 05:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-03-01 05:20 pm (UTC)And thanks for the picture, too. I don't think I'd ever seen it. From Christmas three years ago, I think. I could tell because you used a different kind of yarn that year for my jumper. Guess I've grown a bit since then, huh?
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Date: 2014-03-01 05:29 pm (UTC)Those are dead sharp omnioculars, and the attachment charm worked perfectly.
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Date: 2014-03-01 05:30 pm (UTC)Mind you, I know I can't talk after having to sit out last match, but I wish Bell would knock their heads together and make them see sense.
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Date: 2014-03-01 05:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-03-01 05:41 pm (UTC)What are you doing this afternoon? You did all your homework early, right, so you could have my birthday free? That's what I thought. So let's go do something fun. Inside. The wind's coming up again out there and bringing giant dark clouds with it.
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Date: 2014-03-01 05:46 pm (UTC)Seriously, though, I sort of miss it.
(And we definitely missed you on the pitch this morning. Oi.)
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Date: 2014-03-01 05:47 pm (UTC)Order Only
Date: 2014-03-01 05:50 pm (UTC)That's a really good one, isn't it? I mean, you can just tell when you hold it. The charms are really super strong. I haven't had a chance to look at the book yet, but I'll be careful who sees it. Don't want to share all its defence secrets with just everyone!
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Date: 2014-03-01 05:54 pm (UTC)Re: Private message to Ron: Order Only
Date: 2014-03-01 05:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-03-01 06:01 pm (UTC)I don't expect there'll be any left after today.
And thanks for robes and the boots. The robes are dead amazing. I'll have witches following me everywhere!
I mean, they fit well and the leather's just right, innit? I always wanted dragoneers' kit! And, yeah, I know it's practical and protective and all that, but it also just looks wizard.
The boots fit, too, and I'm sure I'll get good use of them for CCF exercises and trekking. That sort of thing.
Cheers.
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Date: 2014-03-01 06:04 pm (UTC)Re: Private message to Ron: Order Only
Date: 2014-03-01 06:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-03-01 06:10 pm (UTC)Re: Order Only
Date: 2014-03-01 06:14 pm (UTC)Um. On the back of the watch, there's a motto. Did you have it put there or was it already on when you got it? It's something like 'Drive Because You're Driven,' right? So... something about working hard at stuff? or... I don't know. Does it mean something else?
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Date: 2014-03-01 06:21 pm (UTC)How are the lessons with Dumbledore coming? I think my Occlumency is finally beginning to settle in, although I'm in no hurry to play Poker with Hydra's Mum yet. But at least I've reached the stage where Snape says 'it's not entirely execrable anymore.' High praise from him.
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Date: 2014-03-01 06:26 pm (UTC)Really, I don't have any more to say, but I thought I should maybe say something under the lock. So if you wanted to say anything, y'know, locked, you'd notice that first thing wasn't.
I have a hard time with that sometimes. I mean, I worry about making a mistake with it. If you know what I mean.
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Date: 2014-03-01 06:28 pm (UTC)Hardly ever see you anymore. I mean for anything fun. Shame about getting old and having so much work to do all the time!
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Date: 2014-03-01 06:29 pm (UTC)Re: Private message to Ron: Order Only
Date: 2014-03-01 06:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-03-01 07:05 pm (UTC)And I'm glad you like the kit. With all the outdoor work you've been doing, it seemed like something you could really use. They're a little beat up, but that just makes them even better, yeah?
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Date: 2014-03-01 07:11 pm (UTC)At least there's time for some fun tonight! I'm glad you're up and about so we can have a proper celebration. It wouldn't be quite as much fun passing out cake in the Infirmary.
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Date: 2014-03-01 07:15 pm (UTC)Happy birthday, old chap! Too bad we've weeks until another Hogsmeade visit, what, or we might have had a celebratory pint.
-Finch-Fletchley
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Date: 2014-03-01 07:27 pm (UTC)Getting the position under Mulciber was an incentive, too. Because I figured the way he ran the Division, sooner or later I'd be questioned officially about something.
I know it's hard, and I'm sorry about that. I hope Dumbledore can help you get a handle on it, soon.
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Date: 2014-03-01 07:32 pm (UTC)Anyway, I'm glad you liked the biscuits. Mum, I never thought that as a dragonkeeper I'd be using all those kitchen spells you taught us, but the food in the dining hall used to be just so bad that a few years back we ganged up on the cook and told him he'd better let us into the kitchens, and now we've got a nice rotation going -- everyone winds up cooking supper about once a month or so, and anyone can bake something anytime they want. So, yeah, if you want more treats, I'll see what I can do!
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Date: 2014-03-01 07:41 pm (UTC)Really, dear, I think it means whatever you want it to mean.
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Date: 2014-03-01 08:03 pm (UTC)Oh, which reminds us...when you get our basket, sometime when you're all alone, take the ribbon from the handle, untie it, lay it out flat and tap your wand on the non-shiny side with the command 'Aparecium!' You'll see words appear with suggestions on how some of the things in the basket can be used for, shall we say, non-standard purposes which might be helpful if you're in a tight spot..
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Date: 2014-03-02 01:28 am (UTC)Sally Anne thinks it means 'Whatever You Do, Do It Well'. Or she says it could even mean, 'Go On With What You're Doing.' That's what I'm trying to do, y'know. So I'm going to think that's what it means.
Yeah?
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Date: 2014-03-02 01:30 am (UTC)Heh.
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Date: 2014-03-02 01:34 am (UTC)With Occlumency, maybe I'm sort of blocked now because it's so frustrating. But the animagus lessons... Dumbledore says it's going really well. Only, I've got nothing to show for it.
I dunno.
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Date: 2014-03-02 01:36 am (UTC)And I promise I've got all kinds of ideas what to use some of those things for.
Bloody Brilliant!
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Date: 2014-03-02 01:38 am (UTC)Coming along tonight? Hope to see you.
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Date: 2014-03-02 02:23 am (UTC)I'd take heart, anyway, at Dumbledore's encouragement. If he says you're on the right track, well, he should certainly know what he's talking about after teaching for so long.
Another person who might consider talking with, if you ever have a chance on a school holiday, is Fu Lee, oddly enough. Even if he isn't a wizard, he has studied a lot of the roots of Eastern mysticism, since a lot of THAT underlies Eastern martial/fighting techniques. You'll find some intriguing overlaps with some of the exercises Dumbledore is having you do.
I don't mean this to be one more thing to overload your plate if you're overwhelmed already. But he might offer something unexpected which makes everthing click into place for you, if you're really stuck. He has been a very helpful person for me to speak with about contending with the aftereffects of some of the dark curses Mulciber has forced me to do.
As for the Animagus lessons, no wonder your frustrated. But having nothing to show doesn't mean it can't happen. Both Terry and Sirius spoke about praticising for a long time before they had had any hint that they had a chance of mastering the transformation at all.
I have a huge amount of respect for you for trying it, anyway.
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Date: 2014-03-02 02:27 am (UTC)I do hope you have had a happy birthday, Ron. My goodness, I'm feeling sentimental about the whole thing, and I can't wait to see you.
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Date: 2014-03-02 02:32 am (UTC)Re: Order Only
Date: 2014-03-02 02:36 am (UTC)I chose the inscription for the watch that I did because, well, it just seemed to fit.
(Oh, by the way: Ron, you'll note that the first link on the chain is a little larger and a slightly different shape than the rest of the watch chain. That's because it was taken from the links of Arthur's watch chain. I gave the other boys links from it to attach to their watches as well.)