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 Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:39 am
Liviana's diary is a leather-bound book,with many unevenly cut pieces of parchment sticking out of the cover. Some pages have even fallen out of the binding, or are of different colors and stuck into the parchment, as if she had had a sudden thought to jot down.
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:48 am
March 26 Dear Diary,
So sorry I haven't had time to write this week. I have been catching up with my work and making sure I am still doing well in all my classes. I learned Colovaria (which can turn your hair blue if you want) and Incarcerous, which ties a person up in ropes. I finished my calming solution in Potions, but I'm not sure it will be all that good. Professor Akahana has yet to grade it.
Overall, it's been a great week. I just hope I can keep it up. I think I've made a friend in Ammy. I don't get many opportunities to talk with my friends from before I left, although Meiko and I have gotten to be better friends I think.
I wonder what Alden is doing right now? I miss him terribly, but Easter should be rolling around in less than a month...maybe I'll get to see him then? Oooh I can't wait!
Love,
Liv
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:00 pm
March 26, 2011 Dear Real Life Diary, I seriously think if I have the energy to keep this up it will be on a once-a-week basis. Anyways. This week was exhausting, boring, and stressful. BUT! There are so many good things that came out of it. smile I went to a job fair and got ten resumes circulating. I found out they are opening two (maybe more) middle schools. One is in the district I am student teaching in right now, and both of these schools need speech teachers and debate coaches. I didn't ever want to coach middle school, but if it gets my foot in the door, I think I can try it. My mentor teacher emailed the Director of Instruction at the school I am teaching at and begged her to give me a job. The Director said that as long as I have my application in (which I do), then the only thing they have to do is wait to see if there are any displaced teachers that want to teach speech...if not, they'll try to hire me. I signed up for the last certification test to be a teacher. Now I just have to study like hell, and I think I'll be able to make it. One of my professors notified me that she is nominating me for the Outstanding Student Teacher Award that is given at the end of the semester. Yet another awesome thing to put on my resume! I think I've earned it too...I've been to two regular tournaments, State, UIL CX, helped host our tournament and NFL, and now I'm coaching UIL Prose and Poetry. I'm really honored! Three students in my sixth period (the BAAAAAAAAD class!!!) asked me to be one of their references for the resume project they are working on. One of these kids I had so many problems with in the beginning of the year. Strangely, I think this was the best part of my week. Hopefully, I will have more good things to document next week. ~Lindsey
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Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:18 pm
March 28 Dear Diary,
Today was another day of classes. We have a new Charms teacher. I really don't know what to make of her. I know it will be a tough year from here on out. Hopefully I can make a good impression. It seems like Lily from Gryffindor is already on the professor's blacklist, and I'd probably do anything to get off of it if I were in her position. Poor Lily.
I went to Apparition today for the first time in a long while. I'm very scared of splinching, and the professor (also new) wanted us to apparate right off the bat! That's all well and fine for the others, but I was never able to even learn much of the basics thanks to my kidnapping parents! I'm so scared of getting hurt. The stuff I did in the Triwizard Tournament hurt bad enough!
Going to class!
L
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:52 pm
April 2
Dear Diary,
Well, Charms is certainly interesting, and I'm not talking about just the lessons. Aside from Lily getting into trouble, Aludra threw a chair and punched the teacher! Lena yelled at her! I don't know how many students we will have left by the end of the term.
Not much else to report. I'm going to start on homework now.
Love,
Liv
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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:02 pm
Dear Real Life Diary,
This week was harder. On top of wrestling documentation out of my kids' hands for UIL (c'mon, it's not like they had several months to prepare or anything), dealing with kids that won't listen to you when you lecture, and realizing what you've prepared is waaaay too short to fill up a class period, I got some bad news.
Three weeks ago I found a lump. Breast cancer runs very heavily in my family genes. I freaked out then. My mother says it's probably just a cyst, but worth looking into. I went to the doctor last Thursday, where she found even more lumps I had missed. She's referred me for an ultrasound. I know the liklihood of cancer at my age is slim. These probably really are cysts, but having to jump through so many hoops to get the all-clear is killing me. I really will need help making it until the ultrasound.
~Lindsey
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 2:11 pm
April 18, 2011 Time to update for all those interested. I will be on a short break as I am student teaching 3 different subjects, trying to get a job, getting stuff ready for graduation, and still might have cancer. Hopefully I will return by the second week of May. ~Lindsey
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:35 pm
April 3
Diary,
I'm beginning to get bored in class these days. It's the end of the year, so professors and students a both extremely busy, and I am no exception. But it just seems as though Hogwarts has become so dull lately. I hope things pick back up again. Maybe this coming week classes will be more interesting.
Love,
Liv
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:42 pm
Dear Real Life Diary,
This week was spent guarding the boys' bathrooms during the state standardized tests and trying to figure out how to teach around it. Next week is my last week ever as a student teacher. When I told my kids I would be leaving, most were very disappointed. In a way I am too. I have no job offers yet, and things are looking bleak. I DO NOT want to live at home for another year. My mom has been so upset about so many different things that I couldn't even talk to her at all this week. Apparently it doesn't matter if I help out around the house or not; I'm a bad daughter because others don't do their chores. This logic is killing me.
In other news, the radiologist has decided one of my lumps is potentially problematic. He can't tell if it's a cyst or a tumor, and wants it biopsied or drained. Seeing as it's either/or for both, mom is taking me for another ultrasound at a specialized cancer hospital downtown sometime in May. Thank God I live in the #1 city for cancer research. The only trouble is I'm back at square one. Is it a cyst or cancer? Will I need surgery or not? Blargh. I give up trying to understand the way the world works.
~Lindsey
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 12:54 pm
May 23 Dear Diary,
Hogwarts has become quite boring of late. I guess everyone is busy with their work. It is nearing the time for O.W.L.S. and N.E.W.T.S. so that could be part of it. I hardly talk to my friends anymore as we're all so busy. I suppose I just need to keep pushing along and maybe someone will have time to chat or play on the grounds. I can't very well go to Hogsmeade. Alden only gave me enough to get by for the rest of the term, and then I must get a job in Diagon Alley over the summer to pay him back. He's on a tight budget as well. I hope something interesting happens at Hogwarts soon!
Love,
Liv
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