This is what I need right now: a long hot bath, preferably with rosewater and lavender. Maybe a bottle glass, no a bottle, of wine. White, chilled. From Italy. And a massage. Ollie?

Autumn is in full swing and even though my allergies have been giving me hell this week I love the crisp morning air. It is certainly the time for apples and pumpkins. Which reminds me, I have a few new recipes to try out.

This season is going to be one of the Magpies best. Just finishing up acquiring a new up and coming Japanese Chaser, and I have very good feelings about how tight our starting line up is now. Let me tell you, until I became part-owner, I had no idea how much paperwork went into it. I just thought I got to puff my chest and look important. Not so!

In other news, I have the cutest grandchild that ever lived. Sorry if you thought you had it, but, we can't all be winners. It's good to get used to disappointment. But I also am apparently the World's Best Grandpa. I got a shirt and everything! Gwenog, should I wear it to dinner then?

Private to: Angelina, Katie, George and Alicia

What do we say to a pub night like old times? With our better halves, if you wish. Yeah? I promise not to knock anyone out or lose my shirt and wand or anything important in the pub.

Private to: Gwenog

You know what? You're the world's sexiest grandma. I tried finding a shirt that said that but all of them looked like things that would make you hex me.

Even though it has been a year since Evey finished at Hogwarts, it still feels somewhat strange to me to have gone through 1 September without any school preparations.  Being a parent to an adult is something that I still don't think I'm entirely accustomed to.  Or perhaps ever will be.

Though on a brighter note, my wonderful husband is taking me to Greece later this month!

It would be silly not to mention that I've passed all of my exams, with special thanks to Mum, Dad, Orion, Cat, and Charlotte. Thank you for helping me study. Training is over; it's official!

Filter: Mum, Dad, Greg, Orion

The library doesn't have as many books on home security as I would have liked, but I've been doing my research. I think I'm just about ready to go back.

Read this in my current book:

"How gruesomely apt it was that the 'maura', notorious for inflicting upon its victim 'not one but a thousand deaths': a literal tightening of the screws."

I couldn't find any other reference, but it was amusing nonetheless.

I am seriously starting to wonder what my parents were thinking.

Today is one bloody brilliant day! Congratulations to everyone who's got something to celebrate today!

Katie, Alicia, Oliver

Real talk time.

Is it wrong that my kids and their friends know that they can trust me to treat them like adults? It's probably frowned upon to tell people that they've made a shite parenting decision (AND I DIDN'T exactly), but she's my family too, and she said no to that stupid fucking party, and at least all of my kids respect me.

George isn't here and I need him to be here to restrain me from throwing a punch. He called me passive-aggressive and an excellent addition to the Weasley family and I'm not fucking PASSIVE but I'm angry for Vic and I was just trying to help him but HE is a

Brothers-in-law are stupid.*

These journals are stupid, Bill is stupid (but not awful), and I want to spend a few hours away from my family.

*OOC: Angie went back and deleted her tirade.