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| 15 January, 2005 |
[January 15] |
I was asked to attend a conference at the end of the month and deliver a speech. I feel like such a grown up and it's really quite odd. When did we all get old enough to have real jobs and do real things with said real jobs? It seems a bit surreal.
I also went braless today in an effort to complete my list. I wonder if the good fortune was related?
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| 4 January, 2005 |
[January 04] |
I just finished my book so I'm left without something to do at home which, of course, means that it's time for some good old-fashioned Truth or Dare That's Really Just Truth. It's been a while, so why not, right?
Anyways, truth or truth?
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| 3 January, 2005 |
[January 03] |
Year: 2004
Age: 24
How was your birthday this year? Wonderful! My actual birthday was quiet and lovely and Seamus and I spent it together, but then Leanne threw a party and it was a fantastic chance to get myself good and tipsy.
Make any new friends? I think so, yes! Reuined with some old ones as well, I believe. However, changing a career and doing some travelling seems to add in the potential of meeting new people.
Lose any friends? I don't believe so, no.
And how was the world of romance for you this year? Fabulous in every sense of the word. I celebrated my first anniversary with my husband and I still am as amazed as I was the first time he asked me for lunch that I am this lucky. It was a really good year.
Occupation: For the first few months of 2004, I was a Healer at St. Mungo's doing regular rounds in the Creature-Induced Injuries ward until I was promoted to Head of Lycanthropy Healing and Research again but in August I joined the Werewolf Sanctuary as Head of Healing.
Residence: Seamus and I started off in 228, which we lived in for about a year as a starter place since I was making more money and we could afford it. But once he went and got all best selling and we had more, we moved to 2 Euphoria Lane and I don't think I have the heart to ever part with it.
Pets: Two cats and a puppy. Aoife is Seamus's baby, but she occasionally allows me to pet her, and Jeremiah is my own but he's a nutter. Rosalind is the newest addition and she's finally been house broken.
Get any taller? If I'm wearing the right sort of shoes, yes!
Hairstyle for the year? The same as it has been since I was a kid. There really is only so much you can do with curly hair, you know. Maybe for 2005 I should cut it shorter?
Best outfit of the year? Oh, hands down it was the whole outfit that I wore to Seamus's book release. It was nice and slinky with gorgeous heels and my hair all up? It was nice. Seamus couldn't keep his han
What did you do for New Year's? I think we went to Kelly's? I don't remember. I was quite drunk.
What did you do for Valentine's Day? Seamus and I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. I did spend a half hour of it in love with Dean, though.
What did you do for St. Patrick's Day? I went out! I didn't get as drunk as I did last year, though.
What did you do for Easter? Seamus and I did our rounds at our different family dinners. I painted eggs the Muggle way, though! It was messy.
Where did you go on Summer Holiday? Seamus and I both had to go to America for work, so we were there for two weeks. I met up with him after my work was done and followed him on the rest of his book tour. It was fun! Leanne and I went to Rome for a weekend, too. I love all of the travelling I did last year.
What did you dress as for Halloween? I was Aphrodite and Seamus was Ares and my dress was gorgeous.
What did you get for Christmas? All sorts of things I really don't deserve. I wasn't that good. While they were all wonderful, my favorite was from my dad. He found a picture of my mum when she was pregnant with me with a book resting on her belly and she looks really serene and beautiful. Anyway, he had it framed. I bawled
What are your plans for this New Year? We stopped at Anthony's party and then went to Kelly's for a bit. I was good and didn't drink a terrible lot.
Who are you going to kiss at midnight? Actually, I was in the bathroom at midnight because someone spilled their drink on my sweater and I didn't realize the time. I did, however, kiss Seamus at five minutes after midnight.
How do you want the new year to be different from this one? There are a lot of things I want to work on that are all a bit personal, but the biggest one is that I want to work on is communicating better with Seamus thinking before I speak or write.
How do you want the new year to be the same as this one? There was a great deal of love in 2004 and I hope that it stays around. I think it will.
Overall grade for 2004? I'd say it deserves an O.
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| 30 December, 2004 |
[December 30] |
While Seamus and I were at my dad's for Christmas, I went through some of my old things in my bedroom in search for some pictures from when I was in Hogwarts. I didn't actually find the pictures, but I did find all of my old journals. Because I'm a glutton for punishment, I brought them home and I've been going through them. Today I started reading the journal I wrote in just after I turned nineteen and I found a list of 25 things I wanted to do before I was 25. There are all sorts of exciting things on there, but I've only done a total of five of those things which seems sort of wrong seeing as I'll be turning 25 in March.
Naturally, this means I'm going to have a very busy three months to come since that means I need to do all of those things. Exciting!
That leads me to ask, though: What would you like to do before you die? Since, well, not all of us are younger than 25.
( Warded to Seamus, Lea, & Lila )
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| 16 December, 2004 |
[December 16] |
According to "Witch Weekly," men with blue eyes are more likely to choose a blue-eyed woman as their partner. While I liked to assume that that was only because men secretly want to be matchy-matchy with their partner, it's apparently because blue eyes are a recessive gene and two blue-eyed parents can only have a blue-eyed kid. So? Well, that would mean that should their kid end out with brown, green, red, black, purple, etc eyes it means that they would have been fathered by another bloke.
While that is all fine and true, "Witch Weekly" is also claiming that men with blue eyes subconsciously know this and use it to their advantage in picking their mates.
Nice one, blokes. Glad to see your subconscious is just that trustworthy.
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| 10 December, 2004 |
[December 10] |
After yesterday's bout of crankiness, I have decided that I am looking at everything all wrong. While some are unfortunate and just plain wrong (although I have every intention to start a petition and enroll Rosalind in puppy lessons and try to make more time to train her), it is still Christmas. Well, almost Christmas. For me, however, that means it is a time of happiness, excitement, and not being a stick in the mud.
In order to turn that around, I first went ahead and decorated the house today on both my lunch and after work. It is now a Christmas wonderland and is beautiful. We still need a tree, but we have 15 days left for that. The rest of the house, though, is covered in red, green, and silver everything and is beautiful. I also played a lot of Christmas songs. I am even wearing a red and green sweater. I am festive.
To add onto that, though, I decided I'm going to bring it upon myself to coordinate a few things. With only 15 days until Christmas and seeing as I haven't seen anything in the journals or on the street, I'm going to propose another Euphoria Lane Secret Santa. I know that someone (Angelina?) did it last year and I enjoyed it, so I thought it would be fun to do again. The limit could be at three galleons so it isn't a massive investment.
The second would be a possible caroling group. Perhaps on Christmas Eve going around and singing carols for a bit on the street? Could be fun!
If you're interested in either or both, just let me know! I'll get back to you regarding Secret Santa on Sunday evening, so please sign up by then and expect an owl from me!
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[December 09] |
I am not having a good day.
Seamus and I have the most adorable puppy known to mankind, but she won't stop peeing on shite she shouldn't be peeing on! How long does puppy training take to kick in? Merlin's pants, Rosie is not getting the hang of it.
I cannot believe I just wrote a full paragraph about our dog's urinating issues.
And if that isn't bad enough, I don't know what people are thinking but writing anything about Padma saying anything but how professional she is is mad. Honestly, it's as though she hasn't had years in the past to prove that she isn't some unprofessional lunatic - but seriously. Even if she was acting on some "obsession," she's doing great things so who is anyone to complain? Merlin, they're all a bunch of fucking id
Oh, and my sister is pregnant again. This will be baby number five that she doesn't take care of. Some people should not reproduce Honestly.
If it isn't the cherry of stupidity on top of my sundae of crazy, I don't know what is.
Mmm. I want ice cream.
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| 06 December, 2004 |
[December 06] |
A few weeks ago it was apparently Thanksgiving in America. I know that it's an American holiday and I don't really know what all of the traditions are behind it seeing as I'm very British, but I do know that a lot of it has to do with being thankful for the things that you have in your life and I think that's a really nice thought. While it seems a bit silly to have a holiday dedicated solely to being thankful for your blessings and reminds me a bit of Valentine's Day in that way, it's still quite nice.
And since I'm sure that you all know where this is going, so without further ado - this is my list of things I am thankful for from the past year.
- Being able to celebrate my one year of marriage with my wonderful husband.
- Leanne moving away from the States and back home with me where she belongs.
- Escaping St. Mungo's My fabulous new job.
- Having had the opportunity to travel to both Africa and the United States.
- My beautiful house.
- Meeting Seamus's father new people.
- Our puppy!
- Successfully boiling water on the stove and not burning the kitchen down!
It's been a good year!
( Warded to Lea )
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| 19 November, 2004 |
[November 19] |
Seamus and I got a puppy!
( Picture! )
Isn't she adorable? Yes, yes she is.
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| 12 November, 2004 |
[November 12] |
So, I've been thinking about babies lately. Seamus and I have never really wanted children because we both are fairly busy and babies tend to be scary and I really don't want to go through pregnancy and labor seeing as I'm a Healer and I know all of the less than fun parts of pregnancy. I mean, all anyone ever talks about regarding pregnancy is the glow and how pretty and so on and so forth. What about the cravings and the bloating and all of that other shite? It really doesn't seem like a pleasant way to spend nine months. And to end it all by pushing a baby through a very small place like that? No, thank you.
But, regardless, I've been thinking about babies. Seamus and I have been married for a year and we're getting to that point where people start asking about when we're going to start a family and whatnot. (Which, by the way, is something that's always bothered me. Just because we don't have children doesn't mean we aren't a family.) It makes me think, you know? Obviously people keep having babies if the world population keeps going up. Somehow all of these other people are able to have children and babies without any serious repercussions. Also, Seamus and I would have really pretty babies.
Then again, I don't think those are very good reasons for us to have children anyway. I don't think I'd be a very good mum as I have the patience of something without much patience so I'm certain that I would end up going insane two days into have a baby attached to my hip. It's kind of picturesque to think about, though. Little blonde babies in our big house? I don't know. It's sort of scary.
I don't even know why I'm writing all of this down. It's like I can't stop just like that one time a few weeks ago and from looking other people are doing it, too. It's weird.
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