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[01 Oct 2011|09:57am] |
I can't believe how busy it's been at work recently. Ever since the Ministry had that unfortunate run-in with the Order of the Phoenix the stress level around here seems to have doubled. It reminds me of when I first started to work here and how this war was just getting started. I was constantly on my toes trying to keep up with Mr Podmore. I can't believe he was a traitor... He was always so helpful and concerned. Just goes to show how much I really know about people. Maybe by having so many problems myself I don't even see them in other people that have just as serious ones. At least, that's the excuse I've been giving myself for the past two years.
All of that threw me for a loop, I have to admit. Sometimes I wonder if working at the Ministry is just taking years off my life. I wonder how much I would have progressed with my illness had this war never happened.
(PRIVATE TO SADIE)
Did you still want to do girl's night? I know Sebastien has got to be pretty busy now with everything that's happened recently and how bonkers the DMLE is now, but if he can't come we've got massages and facials for each other!
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[30 Aug 2011|10:15pm] |
(HEXED PRIVATE TO HERSELF)
I really hope I didn't overdo it on Percy's birthday. I wanted it to be comfortable and romantic, but I didn't want to go crazy either. He already teases me about my addiction to romance novels and I don't want to seem like I expect life to be like that. Completely the opposite really. Life is always more complicated (in different ways, I guess? I mean, it's not like I've ever ended up being related to someone I dated or something!) and difficult to get through than in the novels.
I also didn't want to make it seem like I wanted to go further. I know it's been over two years but the thought of doing that with someone and being sweaty and messy and ... covered in germs gives me some severe goosebumps and not in a good way, either. And then what if he did want something like that and now he's just convinced I'm never going to let him touch me like that. I mean we snog often enough, but I keep feeling like I need to brush my teeth or wash my hands. And he's been so busy the past several days that I haven't really had the chance to talk to him or even see him much. What if he's come to the realization that I really am a freak?
I mean honestly, how long have I been going to Mungo's for therapy and I'm still having problems kissing a man? Sometimes I feel like giving up on this all together. What a horrible thing to say! STOP talking to yourself, Jules.
Blimey, I need Sadie.
(end hex)
(HEXED PRIVATE TO SADIE)
In your honest opinion... Say you've been dating a man for over two years and you're still too afraid to have sex with him. Is that a reasonable reason for him to want to give up on you?
I'm just making a huge mess now.
Do you think it's ridiculous that I haven't had sex with Percy?
(end hex)
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[30 Jul 2011|09:48am] |
I was reading in the Leaky last night and completely lost track of the time. When Wayne came up and mentioned curfew I nearly had a heart attack. I don't think I've ever been that careless with time before. I'm probably starting to lose it again. Since I couldn't Apparate home I had to race down the streets and ended up getting stopped by a patrol officer. He gave me trouble for awhile before I pulled out my Ministry ID and managed to convince him that I'd just been getting back from work. He was a real perv, too. It's good and all if it keeps us safe but some of these people take their job too seriously. It's not as if they're some high up power. They're just as good as the new Hogwarts graduates that have to clean the bogs in restaurants.
Anyway, I don't mean to complain but can you blame a girl for having a near panic attack after hearing what other people are put through after misconduct?
(HEXED PRIVATE TO HERSELF)
Heard someone talking about Mr. Podmore and some of the other renegades at work this morning. It still strikes me as so odd that he or the rest of the Weasleys would be traitors to the Ministry, but it must be true if Percy would want them arrested. They always seemed so nice to me, and all of them seemed nothing but earnest to end this war. Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about though. Probably.
I could really use a hot bath right now. Starting to let things stress me out again and I haven't felt this anxious for a few weeks. Just goes to show that there's a reason I have a therapy appointment at Mungo's this week.
(/end hex)
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[27 Jun 2011|12:38am] |
two years later
LONDON, ENGLAND
June 27, 2006
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[18 Jan 2011|05:55pm] |
I've come down with something over the past couple of days and for the life of me I can't seem to win. It's increasingly hard to get anything done when every time I sneeze I have to make sure that I sanitize anything it possibly touched. I've been avoiding Mungo's just due to the fact that I know there are bigger problems for them to handle and I don't want to put more on their plate than I already am. I happened to forget about my therapy session the last two weeks. What? I've been insanely busy with work and I really can't stand to go in there if there's a chance that there's still some blood or--- I don't know why I'm even bothering complaining. Well, I wasn't complaining exactly, I just thought I'd give a lame excuse for why I've been out of touch. I was actually going to owl Mr. Podmore and see if he could get by without me for at least half a day but then I would miss out on seeing the Minister and
I admit that the stack of paperwork I went through and delivered to various places today seemed like a dragon in comparison to dealing with the bridezillas of my past. Sigh. I want some hot chocolate.
What else has been going on besides the obvious mayhem and terror? I feel trapped at work and at home with all of this going on, but I've been reading Ministry pamphlets in my spare time! Kudos to me.
Ade, did you find your girl? I'm sorry I wasn't more help before, I just had no time to respond to it.
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[08 Dec 2010|01:46pm] |
(HEXED PRIVATE TO MINISTER WEASLEY)
I'm not sure if anyone's brought your journal (at least not for sure, I think I saw it on your bedside table) but I just wanted to check up on you outside of coming in with Mr. Podmore.
I started work on Monday and everything's been going fine so far. I'm trying my best to keep up, but I'll get used to the pace.
You had everyone worried at the Ministry of course (everywhere in Britain, really) and Mr. Podmore thinks it's been a little quiet around the office. They've been busy interrogating Carrow but I don't know all of the details, obviously. We're all just really glad you and Megan are all right.
If... you need anything, I could stop by sometime after work. I know that I'm there frequently enough with Mr. Podmore but just, if you need anything at all. I know you've got your family and friends, but I'm worried too. Even if you just want company. I'll come by.
And if you don't have your journal with you then this is just going to be insanely embarrassing later on. So yeah, I'll stop rambling.
(/end hex)
(FRIENDS)
I was hired at the Ministry just last week. I know, I know, it's been that long and I haven't told you. I'm a horrible friend, but after what happened to the Minister I've been a little busy trying to keep up.
Just thought you all should know. How is everyone?
(/end hex)
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[08 Nov 2010|07:38pm] |
That was only almost the most frightening thing I've ever experienced. The Healers fixed me up pretty easily after it was all over, but I'm worried about Aidan's state. Fortunately since the attack was in Muggle London it's slowed down business at work and people seem more afraid to go out and discuss things like weddings right now. In a sense that only makes everything so much worse, that people aren't able to openly discuss the day of their union without being in the safety of their own homes.
If you're a friend of Ade's you might want to let me or Sadie know that you'd like to go into Mungo's and see him, since the fans are a little heartbroken now more than ever and are causing more trouble for the Healers than normal. We might be able to get you in, but he's in pretty bad shape and visiting hours are limited.
The attack certainly puts things into perspective though. I almost had a heart attack being covered in so much dirt when I'd be willing to look into a simple job at the Ministry if it meant helping to end this. I've heard that a lot of what they're looking for is secretarial like work and Law Enforcement, but I'd definitely have to go with the first. Does anyone have anymore information on this? I would go out and grab the brochures that are all over Diagon but I'm just getting settled for the night and some of you might know more than me.
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[28 Sep 2010|04:29pm] |
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I'm not huge into it or anything, but it really is a shame that Quidditch has been canceled. I'm guessing it's security reasons and all that jazz?
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[25 Aug 2010|12:40pm] |
There... goes that client. Oh my gosh, that sounds horrible! It's dreadful what's happened in Wales, I can't even begin to wrap my mind around it. I'm grateful that my family is safe, but it really makes you think about everything - that the exact same thing can happen near your home or to your loved ones. We lost one of our clients in the attack, and the entire ordeal has been called off. I mean of course it has, but hearing her mother on the phone was the most dreadful thing I've ever had to hear in my life. And it's completely thrown me off schedule. No! That's selfish, Jules!
I'm with Sky, though. I wish there was something more that I could do. I've been having a hard time focusing on things at work with all of this. Sometimes I'm paranoid that I might be breathing in ashes I suppose you could say that helping to provide beautiful weddings helps in a way, but I don't feel like it sometimes. Romance and the idea of love still gets people to smile even through all of this destruction, and I guess that's what matters.
I have the rest of the week off though because of the cancellation and I don't know what to do with myself. Does anyone need any help with anything? Someone to be with?
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[26 Jul 2010|11:06pm] |
Finally! Some time to sit down and relax. When you're in this business you rarely have the weekend free. In fact, if anything it's busier than the rest of the week because it's the typical days off for the majority of the population.
As for the woman that Gabby was referring to, I'm starting to become more concerned with the bride than her mother. Can you believe that she literally requested that I place markings for where the bridesmaids and the groomsmen should stand at the ceremony? With blue tape! As if I would possibly get so tacky! I tried to convince her that speaking to the wedding party beforehand and asking them not to stand too close because you have personal space problems would do just fine, but she wouldn't believe me. Way to make it seem like you think your best friends are idiots. I like to be exact in measurements as well, but blue tape stuck the floor of a beautiful chapel decorated for something so spectacular? Fake smile, you are a lifesaver. I wanted to let her know that the last bride who turned zilla on me ended up stepping on her own dress on her way up the aisle and literally was left standing partially in her knickers. Karma comes back around, kids.
What else has been going on?
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