Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:53:22 GMT

Holy buggering hell, where has Summer gone?

Slaving away at the joke shop, that's where. But it was Fred's idea to open a second branch of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, and I'll be damned if George has to close the Hogsmeade branch for lack of help. Which is why I volunteered to run it. I didn't know much about the products at first, so I would sort've fake it when people asked me questions about them-- in the beginning at least, but after working every single day, I've gotten pretty familiar with them (I can now tell the difference between Puking Pastilles and Spewing Spearmints!).

The Pros: Finally making a decent about of money, learning a business, George is letting me live in the studio flat above the shop, no homework.

The Cons: Gets boring on slow days, miss my friends, nobody to play Quidditch with, gets boring on slow days, Auror application is a billion feet of parchment long, gets boring on slow days, have to do my own cooking/laundry... too bad I can't afford to pay a House Elf. ...yet.

[private] I'm glad I can help out George, especially since he really needs help with the business after Fred died, but sometimes.... sometimes I wish I could get on with my own life. Seems like everyone's getting on with their dreams and futures except for me. [/private/]

Since I've been so bored, I had some time to think, and well... I came up with an idea. Don't laugh or I'll kick your arse.

I'm going to start a charity.

I'll have a donation bucket in the shop right next to the register, and I'll print up flyers. The Fred Weasley Foundation. I'll use the money to send WWW products to Wizarding Orphanages, I'll hire entertainers to send there as well-- anything that'll get a laugh out of the kids. It'll be a lot of work-- I'm sure Hermione'll know what I've got to do paperwork-wise to get started.

Well, I've got to get back to stocking shelves. Hopefully Hermione won't be too busy with her Head Girl duties to owl me-- or hopefully visit every Hogsmeade weekend. I wonder if Harry gets any time off during Auror training? You'd think slaying the darkest wizard of all time would entitle him a break to spend Sundays with his best mate, yeah?

Here's to hoping.

The Boldest Lion