Private Message to Sally-Anne

[alt_pansy]

Samantha Montgomery?

Samantha Montgomery.

Honestly.

I know. I've no right to

We're not

Still. That doesn't mean I have to like watching Samantha Montgomery do her best to shove her tongue down his throat.

Ugh.

Ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh.

Comments

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

The funny thing about Madam P pointing out I wouldn't get into the curse damage specialisation is that of course I'm not really trying to learn about curse damage and how to Heal it because I want to do that specialisation at St Mungo's.

I want to learn about curse damage and how to Heal it because that would be useful to the Order.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_pansy]

Well, you can always talk to her about that separately.

I think it's funny, but if there's someone who could understand about wanting to be a Healer to help undo curse stuff, it'd be Professor Dolohov. He seems to respect Madame P a lot. He writes her all the time, and he took Cedric to her, didn't he?

So maybe it'd be worth talking to him about. When it comes to what you want to learn and why, and how he could help.

And can you imagine if he wrote a letter of introduction for you? That has to count for something.

I can't believe Slughorn wants you to Nanny. Although

Well, I can see how you'd make good money in a preparatory school, for kids planning on going to Hogwarts. A really nice one, I mean. And if you had a tonne of NEWTS, and the right connections, it'd be a job.

But.

Do you want a job just to have a job?

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

I'm going to join the Order.

If St Mungo's doesn't let me into a Healing apprenticeship I'll go to their sanctuary and learn from Madam P during holidays.

Admittedly, if I do that, it'll be part time nannying, won't it? Given they've got loads of little kids.

I couldn't very well tell that to Slughorn, though, and I needed to tell him SOMEthing. And 'nanny' is a nice, respectable ambition for a half-blood.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_pansy]

Mine was...

It was okay, I guess.

People don't really expect much of me, really. I mean, they don't expect me to have to get a job, you know? So it was a bit frustrating.

Slughorn was there, of course, and he was very complimentary about my performance in Potions this past term. And we talked about having a 'well-rounded' education, and a reasonable number of NEWTs to open some doors later. I told him I was thinking of starting a business, and that surprised him a bit.

I asked Professor Acton to be my other person, because I did pretty well in Charms this term, and wanted to see what she'd say about it, and she wasn't terrifically helpful. I mean, we talked about how Charms could be useful depending on the sort of business I wanted to go into, and then she said something about how it'd also help run a household smoothly, which made me gag a bit to think about.

So apparently, I'm meant to be a mum with nothing better to do than go to parties and run a household and you can nanny for me.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

Oh for Merlin's sake. Did they have a husband picked out for you too?

You should come with me to the sanctuary and apprentice with Mr Snape and become a Potioneer while I learn to be a Healer. We can still raise kneazles.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_pansy]

Yes, lets.

Or at the very least schedule another careers advice meeting with Mr Snape and Mrs Longbottom and Madame P to see what sort of good we could actually do.

Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_sally_anne]

That is an absolutely brilliant idea. For ALL of us, really. I mean I actually did do something like this with Madam P months ago and it was so, so helpful, but I had a specific idea about what I wanted to do and mostly she just needed to reassure me that I wasn't wasting my time.

Professor Brutka sent me a note saying I'm supposed to come by his office tomorrow. I'll tell him, and see what he says. I wonder if we could have another week, sometime this summer? In between CCF and YPL and all the other stuff.