This is my wonderland

Ouch! That game was a little more brutal than the ones I'm used to watching at home. These foreigners are really playing to win.

...Though we English, Irish and Scots that are living in Germany would be the foreigners, but still...

Growing group, I'm sorry but I've got to prepare for duels tomorrow, so I won't be able to help with the project tonight. I hope someone can keep me updated when I get back.

Some of these folks are rather scary

They're certainly keeping us on our toes, aren't they?

I still can't get over how excited I am, I spent most of the night and most of this morning jumping up and down with Emmeline. We both made it, we'll both be going! I'm sure they had a good reason to pick Emmy. Oh, and congratulations, Dai! Don't listen to Potter and his cronies (Not Remus), you deserve to go as much as anyone.

But... they should have picked Frank! I'm angry!

It's probably much too soon to talk about this, but does anyone have any idea what kind of events these GCTs would have? What the Headmaster said was a little cryptic. Like, how could anything involving Astronomy be an event?

I think if we can narrow them down we'd have a better idea of who would be more likely picked.

Emmeline? How are you feeling?

I don't bloody believe this.

Can we not have a holiday without us trying to off each other?

Bloody dafties.

It's the third week of July already. Before I know it I'll be back in school, and I feel like I haven't done anything.

I feel like going out. Do you all know that I've never been to the Museum of Quidditch?

Well, the word is finally off my head now. Thanks, whoever's responsible. Real swell of you, that. Arse. Bloody gits.

I had a lot of fun though, and if anyone is wondering, I had to read these two Muggle books I had sent to me on the American gangster lifestyle. I know it wasn't perfect, but I think just pretending to be a tough guy who didn't care about the law was fun for a while. Only as make-believe, though.

Because Crime Doesn't Pay!

That was a very eventful year. It makes me wonder to what the next year has to bring. I'm looking forward to it.

And now to take a nap!!

Where almost to the end! Just tough it out, Alice, you can do it.

Ugh, this has been so tiring, I can't believe it. And they call NEWTs "nearly exhausting". I'm starting to dread those already, and they're years away.

Oh well. Almost done, and then I can relax a little. Oh, it's Greta's 16th birthday today(ish), isn't it? Happy Birthday, Greta.

I don't want to talk anymore about what happened yesterday. I wasn't there ..I could have been but I heard it involved you two and Snape so.. but from what I hear, Black and Potter are prats and they've been punished already, I'm sure. What is wrong with you two? You think you're just the most brilliant thing since cheese. Unbelievable.

Well, the DADA exam went very well, at least.

So, Herbology. If I can't get at least an E on this Professor Sprout will disown me...not to mention my Uncle. I think I've got it handled. No more time for catching up now. Oh, I'm sure I'll do fine.

Charms went okay. I think I handled the one about the different kinds of secrecy charms out there, though I only listed six of them, and one of them was a Silencing Charm, so I don't know if that'll be accepted. But I got the Fidelius Charm at least. I'm so glad I read about that ahead of time. Once I thought of it I actually thought we'd be asked to know it! That's terror.

Uh... what else. I'm sure I forgot something. Ha. I was able to do a Banishing and Summoning charm with no problem thanks to practise. I saw more than one person have their object fly and hit the instructor in the nose. That was a little fun to watch.

Overall, it was more difficult than I thought it'd be. Are all OWLs going to be like this? Ha...

Okay, need to relax now.

Defense Against the Dark Arts is tomorrow. Well, I took part got second place in the dueling competition, so I shouldn't do so badly. Dare I relax about this? I wish! Think I'll sign out a copy of Self-Defensive Spellwork, just in case.