Too Many Meetings
Dec. 23rd, 2009 10:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alt_luciusOne would think that with the holidays in full swing, he amount of time spent in committee and council would diminish.
One would be wrong.
Barely got away from the Ministry long enough to meet Ari for the briefest of teas and then a rushed jaunt home to change for the Ministry reception. Deadly dull, incidentally - never one of the highlights of the season, although at least this year the lobster tail was not transfigured.
Rookwood has been anxious to gain access again as soon as possible. He remains convinced he is only a few trials away from resolving his previous efforts' failings.
Meanwhile, Avery owls nearly every hour in fear that the cold he contracted last week will burgeon into something more sinister. He has entirely lost any perspective on the inspection activities - as if he could suffer dire consequences for merely observing the muggleborn training. (And if he did not observe proper precautions or take appropriate action afterward, it is his own fault!)
We are nearly ready, I think, for Christmas - later each year, it seems! - except that Narcissa is still morose over the lack of our son. Must admit that his absence leaves a void. Hope that his gifts and the parcels of food and so on improve his mood. Reading the Londinarium profile reminded me that we have been lucky thus far in our son's complicity and sense of duty; not all young men are so exemplary, no matter what their upbringing. Despite occasional displays that betray his age, Draco has always proven mindful of his loyalty to family and to the Lord Protector, and for that we are most grateful.
Speaking of loyalty, agree with Walburga that Pansy's reformation remains most satisfactory. Rosa has asked us to meet her and Prospero for drinks on Sunday. Fear that she means mainly to press for us to ease his entry into society and not a little bit to renew her attempts to pry into matters that are not her concern.
One would be wrong.
Barely got away from the Ministry long enough to meet Ari for the briefest of teas and then a rushed jaunt home to change for the Ministry reception. Deadly dull, incidentally - never one of the highlights of the season, although at least this year the lobster tail was not transfigured.
Rookwood has been anxious to gain access again as soon as possible. He remains convinced he is only a few trials away from resolving his previous efforts' failings.
Meanwhile, Avery owls nearly every hour in fear that the cold he contracted last week will burgeon into something more sinister. He has entirely lost any perspective on the inspection activities - as if he could suffer dire consequences for merely observing the muggleborn training. (And if he did not observe proper precautions or take appropriate action afterward, it is his own fault!)
We are nearly ready, I think, for Christmas - later each year, it seems! - except that Narcissa is still morose over the lack of our son. Must admit that his absence leaves a void. Hope that his gifts and the parcels of food and so on improve his mood. Reading the Londinarium profile reminded me that we have been lucky thus far in our son's complicity and sense of duty; not all young men are so exemplary, no matter what their upbringing. Despite occasional displays that betray his age, Draco has always proven mindful of his loyalty to family and to the Lord Protector, and for that we are most grateful.
Speaking of loyalty, agree with Walburga that Pansy's reformation remains most satisfactory. Rosa has asked us to meet her and Prospero for drinks on Sunday. Fear that she means mainly to press for us to ease his entry into society and not a little bit to renew her attempts to pry into matters that are not her concern.