005 -- After the First Week..

I'm happier today. I met some people! A girl and a boy, first years like me! I didn't get to talk to Alex much; I let her talk to Loki while I dozed by the fire. Loki has this incredibly cute kitten, named Frey. I think I'm going to like all three of them, very much.

I still don't have a dorm, but neither does Loki, so we've been curling up on chairs by the fire. It feels so good to have a friend. He reads and likes Mythology, too! And Alex likes to draw. They're both so creative.

I won't be able to sign up for any classes until January. I forget whether I mentioned that or not, so I suppose after making these friends I should try and get to know my way around the school a little better. It's still too big to be real. I haven't been back out to the willow tree since that first day, but I think it's because the fireplace in the common room is warm and full of activity, and after this first week of silence, I want the noise. How odd, I didn't think I would.

In another month and a half, I'll get to go to Diagon Alley and get my school things, and be ready for classes! I hope I'll be able to focus enough to pass. I wouldn't want to fail out of this school. I think I might be able to feel at home here.

I do, however, miss my parents terribly. Neither of them have written so far, but I'm sure they're very busy. I just have to be patient.

All the mail gets delivered by owl here. It's weird! Maybe I should write my mom and dad letters, first, so they know how to get letters back to me.

I just looked back at my old entries, and even I can see the difference, as though the happiness and sadness can each leak out of my skin and soak the paper while I write. I wonder why that is.....

Well, I'm going to leave and walk around some, and maybe duck in the Great Hall for some food, I'm sure it's about dinner time. Later!

Hey there! This is Abby. I wasn't thinking about Mythology or many of Jordan's interests other than reading in general and music, but when the new student entered the dorm with the name Loki, I was so excited that Jordan couldn't help herself. She's going to be a lot more like me than I intended, I think.

I'm staying at my sister-in-law's house for a few more days, so I've been distracted by my niece and nephew, who are 3 years old and 9 months, respectively. And I hear them laughing in the yard, so I know they're home, and I won't write much more here. I don't want this to be too much of me, after all. It's Jordan's journal! So I'm kicking myself off. Bye!