Received a lovely bunch of white roses. Anonymous owl. Quite beautiful.

Meaning of White Roses
Purity
Innocence
Sympathy
Wedding Love
Surrender
New Beginnings

Potential flower senders
Pansy Parkinson for the new partnership?
Draco Malfoy for covering his arse a few weeks ago?
Ron? For the awkward conversation?
Harry?
Remus? As a thank you for the job?
Secret Admirer

Re: Harry Party
Finally left the flat yesterday. I avoided saw Harry there. He seemed to be doing okay. Maybe he doesn't miss me.
Ron and I talked about us.  Things were left awkward. I'm sure things will smooth over with time. Always does for us.
But for now, I'm left without my two best friends or a source of income. Just two projects.

Re: Neville's muggle
Before Harry fired me, I read in a file
Need to do more research. Maybe a visit to The Library?
If there's going to be a book on how to break the Cruciatus, it would be there.

That settles it. I need to get away. Need to do research. I'm going to The Library. Get my head together.
Harry may not want my help, but other people do.

He fired
Harry is an arse
Maybe I was harsh but he wasn't hearing me.
I feel awful. Can't tell if it's from the shock or Harry something else.
Should stop by and Ginny. Maybe just an owl.

Going back to bed.

Exhausted. Feels like I'm back in third year with the time turner. I wonder if I could get another one.

But I am loving it. Except Lorelai.

Love seeing Harry everyday.
Hate seeing Lorelai everyday.
Love the money.
Hate seeing Lorelai everyday.
Love actually doing something with my life.
Hate seeing Lorelai everyday.

They are really backed up at the Ministry. Files haven't been updated for months. Investigations have been on stand-still. Is Harry really that incompetent as a department head???

Research re: Muggle

What spell was the initial spell cast on the muggle?
    Can we extract a memory from him?
    Check with MLE for witnesses?

Is it the initial spell that is keeping him under? Or the effects of Ennervate?
    What are the effect of magic on muggles?
    Brain damage? If so, permanent?

Has his family been notified?
    Who is his family?
    Does he have a wizarding background?
    How did he initially end up at Leaky? (Check MLE investigation)

Muggle ways of treatment
    CT Scan?
    MRI?
    Where? Wizard-friendly muggle hospital?
    Deep brain electrical stimulation?
    Sleeping pill?

Have been way too busy. I don't know how much more I can take.

To do:
Find new job
    Must make more money
    Must be bettering the world somehow
    Quit old jobs
Spring cleaning
    Water plants
    New filing system for books?
        Alphabetical by author - Simple, but not ideal for promoting research
        Library of Congress system - Easy to create my own categories if needed
        Dewey decimal system - Wizarding books are harder to classify
        Harvard-Yenching system - See Dewey decimal system
Take Crookshanks to vet
Get hair cut
Mother
    Talk to her re: lay off on the matchmaking
    Ask her who her hairdresser is
Harry
    Talk to him re: old Quibbler article
    Figure out what the hell is going on with his promotion
    Owl re: lunch? cinema?
Charlie
    Assume he has moved out
    Owl re: lunch?
Ron
    Find birthday present

Feel like all I do is work. Have got headache and potentially terrible cold. Dr. Hamlin working me to death. Is obsessed with linking magical/ordinary animal research with Muggle/wizard research. Am going to go daft. Kneazles are not like wizards. This is ridiculous.

Have barely got time to see Charlie. Not big deal, as Charlie in Wales working on reserve usually, but feel like bad hostess.

Very awkward moment this morning. Woke and thought perhaps Charlie was wanking on sofa? Stayed in room for ten extra minutes. Was possibly inventing it completely, but heard Ron-like grunt, and...?

Not sure. Am red just thinking about it.

Cannot imagine Charlie without clothes.

Again.

Trip must have been exhausting. Charlie passed out on sofa. Am sitting in kitchen secretly snacking on chocolate housewarming gift. Will clean teeth after, for certain.

Cannot believe Charlie is asleep in flat.

Cannot believe things are so...normal.

Far less awkward than expected.

Quite cute when asleep. Like a small boy. Except, obviously, tattooed.

(And, works as dragonkeeper. Not cute in the slightest. Fierce. Quite fierce.)

Is it wrong to simply flat-out despise Slytherins?

Especially Slytherin women?

Tracey Davis was a bitch at Hogwarts. And she is a bitch now.

Evening is ruined.

Had a lovely dinner with Harry last night. Really miss him. Wish Auror Training weren't taking so much out of him; he looks exhausted. Listened to his troubles; he listened to mine. That's what best friends are for!

(Did not, however, tell him about microscope behind tampons. As would never live that down.)

Speaking of which. Hamlin is going on holiday in a bit. Conundrum: work independently using Muggle methods? or take on more hours at F&B to make more money? Pleasure versus practicality. Hmmm.

Am working until 9 tonight. New shipment came in to be shelved. Urgh.