( If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it/Talking to a chimp in chimpanzee )

I need to get out of this damn Ministry now! Shite I hate being in here!

If there is anyone near Upper Flagley I have a giant favour to ask.

Fuck

The Ministry is really locked down. I don't really know what to think just yet. Certainly ending the restriction would be dangerous and foolish, but I can't even fathom how Morgana (whose actual existence I'm doubting less and less) created such a spell. No problem comes without a solution though...

Shannon? I need a favour...

Amazing how I always forget just how hectic the Holidays, especially with my family, can get. Putting all of us together in one house is just asking for an uproar. Not a fight, no that would be too easy and would eventually have a resolution. No, Scamanders seem to thrive and the ridiculous and insane. What else could drive my grandfather to bring over a jarvey that only swore in Yiddish and my brother to bring his new fruitarian girlfriend. Sane people would see the adverse effect these actions might have, but not my family. They see a way to liven things up. And do I love them for it

Since we got back it's been one thing after another. Before my trip six days seemed like a lifetime but they really did fly right by. I thought I'd have time to do last minute shopping but that didn't work out. At least I had all the important gifts bought already (Mum). I know I owe people an apology for not getting in touch when I returned, hopefully you are so full of Christmas pudding and cheer you'll forgive me.

Was an answer ever found for that 'What to get the person that has everything' question? Or at least the similar one of 'What do you get the person that already has everything he wants?' I never know what to get my father, usually I just ask my mother nicely to pick something out. It seems I've gotten away with it too many years in a row now.

Whatever it may be, I suppose it will have to wait a week until I get back. Hopefully I'll be able to handle a little last minute shopping...I've heard a few frightening stories about doing it. I've braved worse maybe

It's so cold outside. I had resolved to do a bit more shopping, I need a few potions and I wanted to get some holiday shopping done early for once. But that wind and cold makes me want to do nothing more than cast another warming charm and hunker down here. Maybe I'll just write out a list first. Yes, that way I can get everything done faster and can make it back to my warm house sooner.

Well, I'll make dinner and then make my list, it's hard to plan on an empty stomach. At least for me. I think I have some eggs, that'd be great.