I certainly cannot blame anyone for a lie-in. (Truly, I would the day had no hours between about four am and noon. Alas, the world does not accomodate me.) Forgive my mood, if you will - I'm waiting for Raz to get back from his patrol of the evening, and we've been finally enjoying a very thoughtful bottled present.
On my birthday, I've not fussed over it much in the past beyond my obligatory appointment with Poppy, though I suspect that may change at least a little this year. (For Raz's, in May, we managed 18 hours by ourselves with no other obligations, and that was quite the treat, but we can scarcely arrange that mid-week.) September 19th, anyway.
On Septima, quite. I've been in sympathy with her since it became clear in February that he was going to be in far over his head. (Did my best to help, but. Never mind.) On the more general, well. That too. Between last May and the one before, we had more than one painful lesson in that. Hannah's murder death, and the Frost Faire gladiatorial games. Both things I suspect no one's laid out clear for you, yet, but I might work up to it, given a few more discussions on simpler topics - Korzybski's theories of semantics, for example.
Better topics. I did have a word with Cedric - Diggory, our Head Boy - and several others. The fact I'd found you very pleasant, and emerged safely from discussion did seem to help, and they'll do what they can to pass the word along. And I do think you're right that another week or three will do a lot, too.
If I might make a suggestion there, I had a thought this afternoon. It is easy to trust that someone will be pleasant early on, when things are easy. But if you were to let them see you dealing with some frustrating difficulty in a measured, appropriate way, it might go a long way. Especially with the Hufflepuffs, that may soothe them more than words or even time. (We are a tribe who look at actions, more than many other things, I admit.)
As to your last - the afternoon was pleasant, the evening lovely, and I expect that will quite continue. May yours be as pleasant in it own way. A.
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Re: Private message to Antosha
Date: 2012-09-09 04:14 am (UTC)I certainly cannot blame anyone for a lie-in. (Truly, I would the day had no hours between about four am and noon. Alas, the world does not accomodate me.) Forgive my mood, if you will - I'm waiting for Raz to get back from his patrol of the evening, and we've been finally enjoying a very thoughtful bottled present.
On my birthday, I've not fussed over it much in the past beyond my obligatory appointment with Poppy, though I suspect that may change at least a little this year. (For Raz's, in May, we managed 18 hours by ourselves with no other obligations, and that was quite the treat, but we can scarcely arrange that mid-week.) September 19th, anyway.
On Septima, quite. I've been in sympathy with her since it became clear in February that he was going to be in far over his head. (Did my best to help, but. Never mind.) On the more general, well. That too. Between last May and the one before, we had more than one painful lesson in that. Hannah's
murderdeath, and the Frost Faire gladiatorial games. Both things I suspect no one's laid out clear for you, yet, but I might work up to it, given a few more discussions on simpler topics - Korzybski's theories of semantics, for example.Better topics. I did have a word with Cedric - Diggory, our Head Boy - and several others. The fact I'd found you very pleasant, and emerged safely from discussion did seem to help, and they'll do what they can to pass the word along. And I do think you're right that another week or three will do a lot, too.
If I might make a suggestion there, I had a thought this afternoon. It is easy to trust that someone will be pleasant early on, when things are easy. But if you were to let them see you dealing with some frustrating difficulty in a measured, appropriate way, it might go a long way. Especially with the Hufflepuffs, that may soothe them more than words or even time. (We are a tribe who look at actions, more than many other things, I admit.)
As to your last - the afternoon was pleasant, the evening lovely, and I expect that will quite continue. May yours be as pleasant in it own way.
A.