New Commitments
Jan. 27th, 2009 03:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_luciusNarcissa has returned to her customary volunteer hours at St Mungo's and she joined me and Ari for tea this afternoon. Pandora, according to Ari, has been experiencing quite a lot of morning sickness. Narcissa offered to have her Healer drop in on them this week to see what might be done to make her more comfortable.
Have not heard from Rosalind in nearly a week, which is not especially odd, but her daughter's birthday is to-day and I might have thought she would at least send the child an owl. Quite pleased, incidentally, with the lack of any further difficulties in that arena, though I had been growing concerned that Pansy has withdrawn more completely than strictly necessary. Luckily last night she displayed a spark of her usual impudence, so I believe she has not lost all her ginger, only perhaps trimmed away some of the roughness, which is to the good.
After reviewing the year-end figures, have decided to take on two additional ventures this annum: First, I have accepted Nolan's offer to join the board of Presto Records; and second, we shall be acquiring a small customs-house in Folkestone. One of the previous partners wishes to remain on, which is to my liking as it will save having to hire staff. Over the next two quarters he is to diversify the stock somewhat, as prior to his partner's retirement they dealt primarily with magical items from the continent, whereas at this point the market would be more profitable in everyday staples (particularly those difficult to transfigure well) and a few specialty artifacts, potions supplies and so on, that cannot be substituted with the properties of another substance. I am still not convinced I shall be able to divide my time among yet two more undertakings - but we shall see.
Have not heard from Rosalind in nearly a week, which is not especially odd, but her daughter's birthday is to-day and I might have thought she would at least send the child an owl. Quite pleased, incidentally, with the lack of any further difficulties in that arena, though I had been growing concerned that Pansy has withdrawn more completely than strictly necessary. Luckily last night she displayed a spark of her usual impudence, so I believe she has not lost all her ginger, only perhaps trimmed away some of the roughness, which is to the good.
After reviewing the year-end figures, have decided to take on two additional ventures this annum: First, I have accepted Nolan's offer to join the board of Presto Records; and second, we shall be acquiring a small customs-house in Folkestone. One of the previous partners wishes to remain on, which is to my liking as it will save having to hire staff. Over the next two quarters he is to diversify the stock somewhat, as prior to his partner's retirement they dealt primarily with magical items from the continent, whereas at this point the market would be more profitable in everyday staples (particularly those difficult to transfigure well) and a few specialty artifacts, potions supplies and so on, that cannot be substituted with the properties of another substance. I am still not convinced I shall be able to divide my time among yet two more undertakings - but we shall see.
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Date: 2009-01-29 06:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-29 06:21 pm (UTC)Nolan mentioned you are back in negotiation for your next effort?
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Date: 2009-01-30 02:33 am (UTC)Preliminary negotiations. They want to tie us down, we want to burst the cords of contractual obligations and be free to follow the music, wherever it takes us. Round and round and round we go, and where the two meet, only Merlin knows.
Not that I've been sticking my nose in on the progress that often; I leave negotiations to Ana and her uncle the businessman. They're so bloody good at it.