Julien thanked Alfie for holding the door open for him but lingered in the room, not taking a seat until Alfie decided where he'd like to sit. He sighed at the question. "It's been okay, but I think I've dropped behind a little bit. I'll need to put in a lot more work next week to catch up." Which he'd be able to do, if he learnt how to stay awake all night and not need sleep... actually... he made a mental note to find out if there was a spell or potion that could do that for him. "How about you... apart from your birthday I mean. What else did you get?"