Busy Severus!
Far too busy to do much except grade essays – no Easter holidays for burnt-out Potions masters! A bit of brewing here and there.
Also, I haven't oft written lately because I currently have limited access to this delightful Muggle invention of the internet. Some truly awful pictures have leaked into the Daily Prophet underground which I am trying to track down before they hit the web – apparently, some wizards have nothing better to do than look at pictures of me in conjunction with such hideous occasions as Valentine's Day and Easter... Merlin spare my ego and reputation...
The park is lovely this time of year. Trees are coming into bloom, plants growing for potion ingredients. Yet it is still wet enough, and there are still enough shadows, and still a distinct lack of tourists and children, to cater to my refined tastes... Not to mention the odd mis-occurrence to keep my spying skills sharp...
Meantime, I've been suffering through student woes, crashing a Gryffindor cram-fest AND a vampires' masquerade ball on back-to-back nights (leading to sporadic correspondence with the leader of Greece's vampiric sorcerer community; apparently they're having problems with a Voldemort-like chap over there as well – more on that later), and keeping pace with Albus' stepped-up efforts – where will it all end?!?!
The essays are beginning to look pretty good...
