Padma Patil

Mum sent Parvati and me each a package from home! Our winter robes are in and Parvati got a red silk kameez and I got a blue one. I like blue better but Parvati says the red makes her hair look shinier. They'll be brilliant to wear for the Quidditch match next Saturday, its getting so cold!

Mum also sent me a dictionery because she says my spelling's atri atrosh atrocious and I need to practise more. I think spelling's a bore, though. But Professor Vector said that since poeple are reading the journals outside the House, Ravenclaw has a reputation to uphold.

Bother. I don't care about proper spelling it takes to long. But I suppose if it makes our House look better, I'll spell. I'm putting the dictionary in my bag so I have it all the time.

Linus won all the matches we plaid played last night. Fawcett kept score and she's getting better at learning the value of the peace pieces (and if she gets it wrong one of the pieces is sure to tell her). So we can track either wins or captures.

Parvati, Lavender, Belinda and I are meeting later in the liberr library for some homework. But I don't want to be there too long, its draughty and theres a fire going in the common room.

I can write in hear now because it's History of Magic this morning. Not in Charms, tho. (I lost five points Monday)

Yesterday was our Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson and I was planning to ask Professor Lockhart to tell one of his storys about fighting dark wizards but instead since we take Defence with Slytherin, Professor Lockhart asked Marvolo to come up and ecsplane how he (and Malfoy and Weasley 6) killed the troll on Halloween. That was almost as ecsiting as hearing Professor Lockhart tell storeys, only not quiet as ecsiting because Marvolo didnt make sound effects or play all the caractors the way Professor Lockhart does. Anyway after Harry did his show-and-tell, Professor Lockhart asked us to partner and write about Travels with Trolls and compare Harry's fight to his (Professor Lockhart's) defeat of the Tunbridge Wells Troll. I wowned up partnering with Daphne on the essay.

Of coarse, Daphne and me also talked about Parkinson. Daphne said Parkinson might be ecspelled if she doesnt toe the line. She told me how hard it is because Bulstrode is, well, practically a troll herself, and then there's Perks, and she hoped she and Parkinson might have more in common, but of coarse, Parkinson has been very disappointing as a roomate.

Of coarse, then this morning I saw Mr Malfoy's entry about Parkinson's mum, and I supose everyone is going to forget about ecspelling her because they feel sorrey for her. I'm sorrey for her mum being ill but that doesn't change what she said. I'm going to ask Professor Sinistra in our lecture today whether some one can stop being a Muggle lover just because their mum gets ill.

She's been ill before, to, hasnt she? Parkinson's mum?

Anyway, then last night we found out it was Michael's birthday and we asked the house elfs for cakes and they sent up tea cakes and tea, but it was fun and I couldnt tell if the tea was transfigured or not.

So Parvati, if you and Lavender get Professor Lockhart to tell a story in your lesson, you have to tell me about it later!!

Perks, if you want to talk to me about when the Ravenclaws are avalable to play, I've got a free period after Astronomy. (If you dont want to start this weekend because of Parkinson we can put it off until the first weekend in December.)