I had this dream last night where I had a goblet that was always full of hot apple cider. Isn't that awesome? I think it's starting to totally get to the season of hot apple cider. I would prefer to go to an apple farm and pick my own, but seriously guys, hot apple cider. Who's with me?

A fast hiatus- I'm not even supposed to be in public. I have swine flu, H1N1, whatever you want to call it, I'm crazy contagious and super sick, be back in about a week. If any of you want to write or send juice, leave a comment and I'll send you my address, lol.

First of all, there is no way Fang killed McG. That's just stupid. He was the most cowardly dog I've ever met, if you could even call you a dog. I had detention my third year with Hagrid and Fang hid behind me in the forest. It's rubbish. They should be spending time on finding the real culprit and leave innocent animals alone! If there was any indication that something beastly killed her, it wasn't a dog. Fang was a dog!

Also, Quidditch. I normally don't care, but do you guys think you could stop being such jerks? I don't like seeing people being mean to each other over sports. It's a sport. I understand that there's competition but some of you don't even go to Hogwarts anymore. Grow up already. I'm going to give flying a go. If something up there turns me into a fooling idiot like some of you, I'll greatly regret it.

I woke up and had lines on my face from the pillows and blankets.

I think I'll sleep more. When people go missing I get anxious It fixes everything.

I have a headache still. Oh my. Once again, Happy Birthday to Justin and Megan, if I didn't say it enough, there it is one more time.

Being back is still weird. I didn't think it would be. Actually, that's a lie. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it, but for the most part, it's just weird. I've started playing my violin lately and there is a distinct difference between playing in the common room and in the corridors. In the common room I can play and it feels like I'm producing something useful, like I'm adding to the paintings and the blankets, like the sound is bouncing off of the chairs and the tables. In the corridors I play and everything is just.. Cold. The portraits sometimes try to hum along but other times they all gather and listen, their heads down and solemn. I guess it made me realize how much we've gone through, not only at Hogwarts but as a society.

That was rather deep.
More on this tomorrow.

As I told Sally, there's a good chance that it's going to rain tonight. I don't particularly like the outside unless there is snow and we've still got some time to wait for that, sadly. I wish that there was some sort of interesting weather - we get rain for a few days and then it's back to being sunny and clear. I never know if I need to unpack the winter clothes or keep the shorts and t-shirts out. For the most part, our common room is warm and well lit so I generally try to stay as light as possible. You know you care about what clothes I wear - don't lie. It's interesting.

I've been doing my Herbology homework and there are some really disgusting plants out there.
Apparently, they smell bad, too.

More on homework tomorrow.